Jabir ibn Hayyan

BORN IN 722
FATHER OF CHEMISTRY
(PRSENTED BY MOMINA)
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 Full name: Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan

 He was born in 721 in Kufaf
 He is known as father of Chemistry
 He was also Doctor, chemist, Astronomer, physician,
Pharmacist, Philosopher, and engineer
 Work of Jabir
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 The one who laid the foundation for modern scientific chemistry
 He was first person to introdue the experimental method in
chemistry
 Dyeing of cloth and leather
 Preparation of steel
 His division of substances into three clases
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 Preparation of lot of chemicals like hydrated mercury and

arsenous oxides
 He manufactured uncombustible peper
 He made some sort of paint that prevents iron rust
 He was first to introduce the method of seperating gold from
silver by acid
 He discovered the nineteen different substances which we call
eleemnts in modern chemistry
 Books and Treatises
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 Aroung 300 books and treatesis are attributed to the name of

Jabir Ibn Hayyan
 The topics of books are diverse in nature; ranging from logic,
physic, music, magic, chemistry...
 The book of seventy is collection of various works like book of
venous
 Other books
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Other books include:

 Book of stones
 Book of 112
 Composition of Alchemy
 Kitab-ut-tajmee
 Kitaab- ur- Rahmah
 Discoveries and Inventions
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 Discovery of caustic soda

 He was first to evoke water gold and introduce method of
seperation of NaOH
 He was first to discover nitric acid and hydrocholoric acid
 He discover chemical procedures....
 Discovery of Aljaz oil
 Techniques Jabir develop
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1. Distillation
2. Evaporation
3. Filteration
4. Crystallization
5. Melting
6. Reduction
7. Liquidatiuon
8. Sublimastion
9. calcination
 Aqua Regia
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 The discovery of these acids like Aqua Regia help the chemist to
extract and purify the goldand other metals for next thuosand
years
 By mixing hydrochloric acid with nitric acid, he invented a super
acid called aqua regia which could dissolve even gold
 Perfume
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 People have enjoyed perfume for centuries

 The work hard ot two talented chemist helped lay the
foundation establishment of perfume industry
 Chemists who were worked:
• Jabir Ibn Hayyan (born 722)
• Al Kindi (born 801)
 Use of chemical processes
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 Jabir perfected the use of various chemical proceses use in the

modern chemisatry laborataries such as disttilation,
crystallization and sublimation
 Using some of those methos, he produced concentrated acid
from vinegar
 He synthesized hydrochloric acid by heating salt
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 He synthesized nitirc acid and sulphuric acid by heating the

saltpeter with sulphuric acid
 He isolated citric acid from lemon and tarteric acid from the
residue left after wine making