Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Born
Joseph Louis Gay

6 December 1778 (1778-12-06)
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, Kingdom of France
Died9 May 1850(1850-05-09) (aged 71)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole polytechnique
Known forGay-Lussac's law
Degrees Gay-Lussac
Co-discovery of boron
Combustion analysis
Cyanogen
AwardsGalvanism Prize (1809)
Pour le Mérite (1842)
ForMemRS (1815)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Signature

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (UK: /ɡeɪˈluːsæk/ gay-LOO-sak,[1][2] US: /ˌɡeɪləˈsæk/ GAY-lə-SAK,[3][4] French: [ʒozɛf lwi ɡɛlysak]; 6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist and physicist. He is known mostly for his discovery that water is made of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen by volume (with Alexander von Humboldt), for two laws related to gases, and for his work on alcohol–water mixtures, which led to the degrees Gay-Lussac used to measure alcoholic beverages in many countries.

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  3. ^ "Gay-Lussac". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
  4. ^ "Gay-Lussac". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 6 August 2019.