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On This Day – May 04 : French chemist Louis Thénard was born on this day in 1777

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He was a teacher above anything else and published the textbook Traité de chimie élémentaire, théorique et pratique (4 vols., Paris, 1813-16). Thénard’s research career included the important discoveries of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and Thénard ’s blue, which is a cheap pigment used to colour porcelain.

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Republic of Ireland
- Leaving Certificate
  - Chemistry
    - Option 1A: Additional industrial chemistry
      - 1A.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
        Social and Applied Aspects
        Awareness of the contributions of chemistry to society, e.g. provision of pure water, fuels, metals, medicines, detergents, enzymes, dyes, paints, semiconductors, liquid crystals and alternative materials, such as plastics, and synthetic fibres; increasi…
- Junior Cycle
  - Science
    - The nature of science
      - Science in society
        9. Research and present information on the contribution that scientists make to scientific discovery and invention and its impact on society.
        10. Appreciate the role of science in society; and its personal, social and global importance; and how society influences scientific research.

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