Eugène-Anatole Demarçay

Eugène-Anatole Demarçay
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay
Born	January 1, 1852 Paris
Died	December, 1904 Paris
Nationality	French
Fields	chemist
Known for	spectrum discovering element europium

Eugène-Anatole Demarçay (January 1, 1852 – December, 1904) was a French chemist. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Dumas. During an experiment, an explosion destroyed the sight in one of his eyes.

He was a spectrum specialist. In 1896, he suspected samples of the recently discovered element samarium were contaminated with an unknown element and he isolated europium in 1901. In 1898 he used his skills of spectroscopy to help Marie Curie confirm that she had discovered the element radium.^[1]

Publications

Spectres électriques. Atlas ; Eugène Demarçay ; Paris : Gauthier-Villars, 1895. OCLC 54317437
Sur les acides tétrique et oxytétrique et leurs homologues ; Eugène Demarçay ; Paris : Gauthier-Villars, 1880. OCLC 25644291

References

^ Asimov, Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 2nd Revised edition

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Name	Demarcay,Eugene-Anatole
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Date of birth	January 1, 1852
Place of birth	Paris
Date of death	1904
Place of death	Paris