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    Edmond Frémy (French: [fremi]; 28 February 1814 – 3 February 1894) was a French chemist. He is perhaps best known today for Frémy's salt, a strong oxidizing...
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    MnO2 + 2 H2O 2 ON(SO 3)2− 2 + 4 K+ → K4[ON(SO3)2]2 Frémy's salt was discovered in 1845 by Edmond Frémy (1814–1894). Its use in organic synthesis was popularized...
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    corundum, including the Verneuil method and the flux method pioneered by Edmond Frémy. It is widely used as an inexpensive cut gem in birthstone jewelry for...
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    In 1877, Edmond Frémy and industrial glass-maker Charles Feil made crystal corundum from which small stones could be cut. In 1887, Fremy and Auguste...
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    kernel oil, coconut oil, and milk fat. Palmitic acid was discovered by Edmond Frémy (in 1840) in the saponification of palm oil, which process remains today...
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    out determinations of the atomic weights of several elements, and with Edmond Frémy, published Traité de chimie générale (1847–1850); Abrégé de chimie (1848);...
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    acid had been known in the glass industry before then. French chemist Edmond Frémy (1814–1894) is credited with discovering hydrogen fluoride (HF) while...
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    He decided to study chemistry and began first in the laboratory of Edmond Frémy at the Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, and later in that of Pierre Paul Dehérain...
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    répétiteur in 1817–? Jules Pelouze (1807–1867), répétiteur in 1831–1837? Edmond Frémy (1814–1894) Henri-Victor Regnault (1810–1878) Justus Liebig (1803–1873)...
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    complex that obeys the 18e rule. The compound was first reported by Edmond Frémy in 1844. Potassium osmate is prepared by reducing osmium tetroxide with...
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