Anton Eduard van Arkel

Anton Eduard van Arkel
Born	(1893-11-19)19 November 1893 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands
Died	14 March 1976(1976-03-14) (aged 82) Leiden
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	chemist
Notable work	suggested the names "pnictogen" and "pnictide"
Awards	member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Anton Eduard van Arkel, (19 November 1893 – 14 March 1976) was a Dutch chemist.

Van Arkel suggested the names "pnictogen" and "pnictide" to refer to chemical elements in group 15 (the nitrogen group or nitrogen family) of the periodic table.^[1]

Van Arkel, together with Jan Hendrik de Boer, developed a method for the preparation of very pure tungsten: the dissociation of the vapor of tungsten chloride on an incandescent core wire known as the Van Arkel–de Boer process. This method was later used by himself and others for many other metals and non-metals. Van Arkel and de Boer thus provided the first method to fabricate pure titanium.

Van Arkel became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1962.^[2]

See also

• Crystal bar process
• Hafnium
• Jan Hendrik de Boer
• Titanium
• Van Arkel–Ketelaar triangle

References

• H.A.M. Snelders, Arkel, Anton Eduard van (1893-1976), in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.
• E.J.W. Verwey: 'Levensbericht A.E. van Arkel'. In: Jaarboek KNAW, 1976, Amsterdam, pp. 184-192