Marcus Faena

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Marcus Faena was a Fhainnin inventor and chemist born in the city of Haldane in 1798, most famously known for founding the Faena Chemical Production Company in 1831 and his work in antiseptics and the chemical sciences. He was the first major contributor to the field of electrochemistry and made several advances in

Portrait of Marcus Faena, painted 1832.

Early Life

Career

Faena Tinctures

Isolation of Chlorine

Chlorine had been discovered in 1774 by Wilhelm Rouyen, a Dericanian chemist, but was at the time misidentified as a compound named 'muriatic acid'. Faena tested the substance

- isolation and liquefaction of chlorine

- work in other halogens/chlorine-group chemicals (fluorine, bromine)

Cleaning Solvents(?)

Faena Chemical Production Company

Early Chemical Batteries

Sulfates and Antiseptics

Retirement and Death