Talk:Hydrogenation
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Why is there no mention of Hydrogenes, the ancient greek scientist who first discovered the phenomenon? --Dante Alighieri 09:37 18 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- Because noone has written it yet? Why don't you :) Mat-C 12:52, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Rumour has it that Margaret Thatcher (the English Prime Minister) invented/developed hydrogenated fats in her previous career as a chemist, does anyone have any hard facts on this? Mat-C 12:52, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Well, the first patent on the process as we know it was by the German chemist Wilhelm Normann in 1902, so we know she did not start it. There have been improvements over the years though. I saw some patents mentioned as late as 1959. From the web I see that she worked as a research chemist for about 4 years, 47-51, and one thing she worked on was a process for mixing air into ice cream. It seems unlikely that she made any major contributions to hydrogenation. AJim 04:10, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Yes, it was air into ice-cream. -- The Anome 07:17, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
