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Also Known As Ferdinand-Frédéric-Henri Moissan
Born September 28, 1852 • Paris • France
Died February 20, 1907 (aged 54) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1906)
Subjects Of Study acetylene • fluorine • separation and purification • arc furnace

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