Claude Louis Berthollet

Claude Louis Berthollet
Born(1748-12-09)9 December 1748
Talloires, Duchy of Savoy, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died6 November 1822(1822-11-06) (aged 73)
Arcueil, France
NationalitySavoyard-French
Alma materChambéry, Turin
Known forBerthollides
Berthollet's salt
Chemical affinity
Chemical equilibrium
Reversible reaction
Silver nitride
Sodium hypochlorite
AwardsForMemRS (1789)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsAcademy of Science
Lavoisier and Berthollet, Chimistes Celebres, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company Trading Card, 1929
Claude Louis Berthollet statue in Annecy, France

Claude Louis Berthollet (French pronunciation: [klod lwi bɛʁtɔlɛ], 9 December 1748 – 6 November 1822) was a Savoyard-French chemist who became vice president of the French Senate in 1804.[1] He is known for his scientific contributions to the theory of chemical equilibria via the mechanism of reverse chemical reactions, and for his contribution to modern chemical nomenclature. On a practical basis, Berthollet was the first to demonstrate the bleaching action of chlorine gas, and was first to develop a solution of sodium hypochlorite as a modern bleaching agent.

  1. ^ Po-chia Hsia, R.; Lynn Hunt, Thomas R. Martin, Barbara H. Rosenwein and Bonnie G. Smith (2007). The Making of the West, Peoples and Culture, A Concise History, Volume II: Since 1340 (2nd ed.). New York: Bedford/St. Martin's. p. 685.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)