Ignatius Gottfried Kaim

Ignatius Gottfried Kaim
Born	1746
Died	1778
Nationality	Austrian
Known for	discovery of manganese

Ignatius Gottfried Kaim was an Austrian chemist. In his dissertation De metallis dubiis published in 1770 Kaim describes the reduction of manganese oxide with carbon and the formation of a brittle metal. This is the first description of managanese metal several years before the better known synthesis of Johan Gottlieb Gahn in 1774.

References

Fasold, H.; Dehnicke, K.; Fuchs, O.; K�nig, K. -H.; Gail, L.; Tamamushi, B. (1981). "Buchbesprechungen". Colloid and Polymer Science Kolloid-Zeitschrift & Zeitschrift für Polymere 259 (11): 1137. doi:10.1007/BF01524902.

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Name	Kaim, Ignatius Gottfried
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Date of birth	1746
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Date of death	1778
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