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Discovery of Krypton

Great Britain · Science / Chemistry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1898Date range
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1898

William Ramsay1898

London · Science / Chemistry

Discovers krypton while fractionating liquefied air and helps establish a new family of chemically unreactive elements.

Names involved

William Ramsay

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