Henry Deacon
Henry Deacon (born July 30, 1822 in London , † July 23, 1876 in Widnes ) was an English chemist and industrialist .
In 1836 he joined the Galloway & Sons company in London, switched to Nasmyth & Gaskell in 1839 and to the glass factory in St. Helens in 1848. He designed the first steam hammer.
Henry Deacon developed a process to produce chlorine from hydrogen chloride and atmospheric oxygen . The Leblanc process delivered large amounts of hydrogen chloride, which was already used in the previous process to produce chlorine.
- 4 HCl + O 2 → 2 Cl 2 + 2 H 2 O
The Deacon process named after him was later replaced by electrolytic extraction in chlor-alkali electrolysis .
Henry Deacon died of typhus in his Widnes home on July 23, 1876.
Fonts
- XXIX. — On Deacon's method of obtaining chlorine, as illustrating some principles of chemical dynamics . In: J. Chem. Soc. tape 25 , 1872, pp. 725-767 , doi : 10.1039 / JS8722500725 .
literature
- J. Fenwick Allen: Some Founders of the Chemical Industry: Men to Be Remembered (Classic Reprint) . Forgotten Books, p. L. 2016, ISBN 978-1-330-55825-6 ( PDF ).
Web links
- Excerpt from Some Founders of the Chemical Industry: Men to Be Remembered :
- Part 1 ( Memento from July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Part 2 ( Memento from July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deacon, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1876 |
| Place of death | Widnes |