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Sir William Ramsay KCB FRS FRSE (/ ˈ r æ m z i /; 2 October 1852 – 23 July 1916) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air" along with his collaborator, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh ...
Sir William Ramsay was a British physical chemist who discovered four gases (neon, argon, krypton, xenon) and showed that they (with helium and radon) formed an entire family of new elements, the noble gases. He was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize for Chemistry in recognition of this achievement.
- Katherine D. Watson
The Scottish chemist William Ramsay (1852–1916) is known for work that introduced a whole new group to the periodic table, variously called over time the inert, rare, or noble gases.
Lived 1852 – 1916. William Ramsay’s discoveries added an entirely new family of chemical elements to the periodic table – the noble gases. He predicted the existence of this family of gases and either discovered or was first to isolate every member of the group.
While seeking sources of argon in the mineral kingdom, Ramsay discovered helium in 1895. Guided by theoretical considerations founded on Mendeleev’s periodic system, he then methodically sought the missing links in the new group of elements and found neon, krypton, and xenon (1898).
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Sir William Ramsay discovered and identified the inert gases in air, such as argon, helium, neon, krypton and xenon. He also predicted the existence of other noble gases based on the periodic table and collaborated with Lord Rayleigh, who won the Nobel Prize in physics for their work.
Feb 9, 2011 · Nicknamed "the chief", Sir William Ramsay's achievements - he was dubbed the greatest chemical discoverer of his age - are being celebrated on Wednesday, when a blue memorial plaque...
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