Anton Eduard van Arkel, (19 November 1893 – 14 March 1976) was a Dutch chemist.
Anton Eduard van Arkel | |
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| Born | 19 November 1893 |
| Died | 14 March 1976 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | chemist |
| Notable work | suggested the names "pnictogen" and "pnictide" |
| Awards | member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Biography
editIn the early 1920s Van Arkel together with Jan Hendrik de Boer working for Philips NV, developed a method for the preparation of very pure tungsten: the dissociation of the vapor of tungsten chloride on an incandescent core wire known as the Van Arkel–de Boer process.[dubious – discuss] It is also known as the Crystal bar process. This method was later used by himself and others for many other metals and non-metals. Van Arkel and de Boer thus provided the first method to fabricate pure titanium.
In 1941 he published the Van Arkel–Ketelaar triangle, a diagrammatic method to depict the chemical bonds that would form between elements in the periodic table.[1]
Van Arkel suggested the names "pnictogen" and "pnictide" to refer to chemical elements in group 15 (the nitrogen group or nitrogen family) of the periodic table.[2]
In 1962 Van Arkel became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3]
Van Arkel published at least one textbook, Molecules and Crystals, in 1941 in his native language. In 1949 this work was translated to English.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- H.A.M. Snelders, Arkel, Anton Eduard van (1893-1976), in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.
- E.J.W. Verwey: 'Levensbericht A.E. van Arkel'. In: Jaarboek KNAW, 1976, Amsterdam, pp. 184-192
- ^ a b Van Arkel, AE (1949). Molecules and Crystals. Butterworths.
- ^ Girolami, Gregory S. (2009). "Origin of the Terms Pnictogen and Pnictide". Journal of Chemical Education. 86 (10): 1200. doi:10.1021/ed086p1200.
- ^ "Anton Eduard van Arkel (1893 - 1976)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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