Johann Rudolf Glauber was a German chemist. He was born in 1603 at Karlstadt and died in 1668. He was a zealous alchemist but his experiments resulted in valuable chemical discoveries. He was the first to produce hydrochloric acid from oil of vitriol and salt. He also discovered sodium sulphate, which is named after him as Glauber's Salt. Research Johann Glauber
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