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William Hyde Wollaston fue un físico y químico británico (East Dereham, 6 de agosto de 1776-Londres, 22 de diciembre de 1828). Perfeccionó la pila inventada por el italiano Alessandro Volta, [1] y descubrió los metales rodio y paladio.
William Hyde Wollaston FRS (/ ˈ w ʊ l ə s t ən /; 6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium. He also developed a way to process platinum ore into malleable ingots.
William Hyde Wollaston. Físico y químico británico. Nació el 6 de agosto de 1776 en East Dereham, Norfolk. Se estableció como médico en Londres y cuando perdió visión se dedicó a la investigación electroquímica y a la óptica.
16 de abr. de 2024 · William Hyde Wollaston was a British scientist who enhanced the techniques of powder metallurgy to become the first to produce and market pure, malleable platinum. He also made fundamental discoveries in many areas of science and discovered the elements palladium (1802) and rhodium (1804).
Wollaston, William Hyde. Nationality: British. William Hyde Wollaston was born on 6 August 1766, the son of a vicar. He was educated at a private school in Lewisham and at Charterhouse School, before entering Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1782.
24 de feb. de 2017 · Pure Intelligence: The Life of William Hyde Wollaston is a biography two centuries overdue: but well worth the wait. Wollaston was an exact contemporary of Humphry Davy and Thomas Young, the three having arrived in London to pursue scientific careers at the turn of the 19th century.
The renowned English chemist and physicist William Hyde Wollaston lived from 1766 to 1828. In 1803, while working on a process for turning platinum ore into commercially valuable ingots, he discovered the chemical elements Palladium and Rhodium.
