This graphic titled "Today in Chemistry History" commemorates Michael Faraday's birthday on 22nd September 1791. It features a portrait of Faraday alongside his birth and death dates, noting his work establishing modern electrochemistry, studying electromagnetism, and discovering benzene. Below, it illustrates Faraday's laws of electrolysis with a labeled beaker diagram showing an anode, cathode, and electrolyte. A bottom note states he popularised terms including ion, anode, and cathode.
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Today (22 September) marks the birthday of Michael Faraday, a chemist and physicist who made significant contributions to the study of electrochemistry. He’s responsible for popularising many of the terms we use in electrochemistry today, such as anode and cathode, as well as his eponymous laws of electrolysis.

Read more about Michael Faraday, his life and contributions to science in this Science History Institute biography.