In the process of human research on chemical elements, it can be said that many scientists have given precious lives for this. Today, let's take a look at those "reaper" elements that have many lives.
The "reaper" element in chemistry- fluorine element
Let us first return to 1774, this year, a famous chemist from Sweden. A strange substance was discovered in the media. However, for more than 100 years since then, although many researchers have studied this mysterious substance based on this initial experiment, there has been no answer.
Soon, the time came to the beginning of the 19th century. At this time, some researchers discovered that there is an unknown chemical element in hydrofluoric acid . This chemical element is the "fluorine element." Because it has been unable to separate it, this particular element has plagued scientists for decades.
Until 1886, at this time, more than 100 years have passed since the first discovery of the fluorine element. Finally, French chemist Moissan succeeded in separating the fluorine element through experiments, and he himself was therefore Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1906, but no one thought that for Moisan, it was a "death" coming.
Moissan’s death
As a top chemist, Moissan’s life has been dedicated to the cause of chemical research, and the separation of fluorine is also Mo Vassan’s greatest achievement in his life.
Of course, everything has two sides. Moisan is famous in the world because of the successful separation of the fluorine element. At the same time, he himself was taken away by the fluorine element.
1907,When Moissan left the laboratory and went home, he suddenly felt unbearable abdominal pain. Of course, this was just a minor problem. Moissan had acute appendicitis. Although this was only a minor operation, it was because of the previous The poisonous effects of fluorine on him caused Moisan to die soon.
And in the final stage of Moissan’s life, he finally said before his death that he had died from the hand of the "fluorine element", which indicated the toxicity of the fluorine element and took him at least 10 Years of life.
So, why did Moisan be killed by fluorine? This is because Moisan has been obsessed with the study of fluorine before he successfully separated the fluorine element, and in the experiment, he himself has been exposed to carbon monoxide and toxic gases containing fluorine for a long time. In the end, these toxic substances are in The continuous accumulation of Moissan's body also led to the death of Moissan himself by the fluorine element.
Speaking of, what many people don’t know is that the Swedish chemist who first discovered the existence of fluorine in the 18th century was also killed by fluorine. Of course, he himself may have been to the end of his life without realizing it. Terrible.
This is the first chemist who discovered the existence of fluorine. His name is Scheler . Speaking of it, his research on fluorine is in fact based on some legends. According to the data, Scheler heard that if fluorite and sulfuric acid are heated together, a completely new substance will be produced.
So, he started a long experiment. Although the results were very satisfactory to Scheler himself, he also made later researchers aware of the existence of fluorine. However, like Moisan, he was obsessed with related experiments. In the experiment, he was exposed to too many toxic substances, and Scheler himself died when he was in his 40s.
Of course, to mention another famous scientist who died of chemical elements in the world, one has to say " Madame Curie ". This is also a very good and outstanding woman.Let us review the life of Madame Curie.
The death of Madame Curie
Madame Curie's life can be said to be very legendary and controversial. Not only her life was dedicated to scientific research, but at the same time, she There are a lot of controversies in terms of life style.
For example, the origin of Madame Curie’s name is because her husband’s name is and Pierre Curie. When the two of them got married, Madame Curie followed her husband’s surname and was called Mrs. Li".
In terms of scientific research achievements, Madame Curie is also the only female scientist who has won the Nobel Prize twice. However, when Madame Curie’s husband passed away due to an accident, Madame Curie fell into a certain period of time. "Broken love".
According to records, Madame Curie fell in love with her 5 years younger and has a family assistant. Speaking of which, this assistant looks very handsome, and although she has a family, But because there is no common language, there is no feeling between him and his wife, which also gives Madame Curie the opportunity to come in.
However, because the relationship between Mrs. Curie and her assistant was an unacceptable and recognized "unscrupulous relationship", this also led to the fact that after being discovered by the assistant’s wife, it was quickly disclosed to the public, resulting in a settlement. Madame Li suddenly became a target of public criticism, and even at that time many scientists jointly wanted to expel Madame Curie.
Despite this, Mrs. Curie is still neither humble nor overbearing, and she went to the Nobel Prize presentation ceremony amidst the scolding and doubts of the crowd. However, at this time, her health was also due to the long-term contact. Toxic substances, and it's getting worse.
speaking,The greatest achievement of Madame Curie's life was the discovery of two radioactive elements, polonium and radium, respectively. However, before Madame Curie's death, people did not know that radioactive elements were extremely harmful to humans.
Due to long-term damage from radioactive elements, in the end, Madame Curie died of aplastic anemia. From this time, people realized that radioactive elements are so harmful to humans.
includes the notebooks that Marie Curie has used during her lifetime. Because she has been in a radioactive environment for a long time, the radioactive elements in the notebook are also extremely strong, which leads to the need to put in a lead box that isolates radioactive materials. In the meantime, maybe even more than a thousand years, the radioactive elements on the notebook will not disappear.
It can be seen that in the process of human development, many great scientists have sacrificed their lives because of this. Of course, this is also a dedication to the cause of science and human progress. For these Great scientist, what do you know? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area and share with us!
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