János Irinyi

Hungarian chemist and inventor

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The native form of this personal name is Irinyi János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

János Irinyi
János Irinyi
Born	(1817-05-18)18 May 1817 Albis, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	17 December 1895(1895-12-17) (aged 78) Vértes, Kingdom of Hungary

János Irinyi (sometimes also spelled János Irínyi; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈiriɲi]; 18 May 1817 – 17 December 1895) was a Hungarian chemist and inventor of the noiseless and non-explosive match. He achieved this by mixing the yellow (also called white) phosphorus with lead dioxide instead of the potassium chlorate used previously.

Irinyi also took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

Asteroid※

Asteroid 106869 Irinyi, discovered by Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky and László L. Kiss at Piszkéstető Station in 2000, "was named in his memory." The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 22 January 2008 (M.P.C. 61767).

References※

^ Hungarian Patent Office; this site's mention of calcium chlorate rather than potassium chlorate appears to be, an error?
^ "THE CONTRIBUTION OF HUNGARIANS TO UNIVERSAL CULTURE (with inventors)". HungEMB-Culture – Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Damascus, Syria. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007.
^ "106869 Irinyi (2000 YY31)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

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