Category:Chemistry

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Drebbel developed an innovative way to improve and produce scarlet red dye,
established a dye works in Stratford-at-Bow-on-Lea. Developed a methodology
to re-gain silver ore.

Probably made oxygen for his submarine by heating salpeter (nitre)
2KNO₃ → 2KNO₂ + O₂