MARTIN MARTENS Botany, galvanism, and inorganic chemistry
Martin Martens (1797-1863) was a Belgian chemist and botanist who studied the oxychlorides obtained by the action of chlorides on metal oxides, and the theory regarding their formation.Chlorine decomposed calcium chloride at a temperature below 200 oC and calcium hydroxide at a lower temperature.In the presence of water the bleaching compounds gene