Jan Hedrick de Boer

1899-1971

 

  He was a chemist at Eindhoven in the Netherlands, later Professor of chemistry at the University of Delft. With van Arkel at Philips Laboratory in Eindhoven, he developed a method of preparing pure metals using the iodide or crystal bar process; first prepared metallic hafnium in 1925.  
 

 

  1. Photos of Eindhoven, Netherlands
 

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