Herapathite, or iodoquinine sulfate, is a chemical compound whose crystals are dichroic and thus can be used for polarizing light. It was discovered in...
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used in mineralogy to identify minerals. In some materials, such as herapathite (iodoquinine sulfate) or Polaroid sheets, the effect is not strongly...
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effect is strongly wavelength dependent and the crystal appears coloured. Herapathite is also dichroic, and is not strongly coloured, but is difficult to grow...
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Land, consists of many microscopic crystals of iodoquinine sulphate (herapathite) embedded in a transparent nitrocellulose polymer film. The needle-like...
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the chemist and William Bird Herapath, the physician who discovered herapathite. In 1847 he published an early textbook on mathematical physics. Herapath's...
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William Bird Herapath (1820–1868), British surgeon/chemist who patented Herapathite Herapath's Journal, a 19th-century British railway journal edited by...
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1868) was an English surgeon and chemist known for his discovery of Herapathite. Herapath was born in Bristol, the eldest son of William Herapath, Professor...
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