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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.^[1]

Irinyi also took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.^[2]

Asteroid 106869 Irinyi, discovered by Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky and László L. Kiss at Piszkéstető Station in 2000, was named in his memory.^[3] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 22 January 2008 (M.P.C. 61767).^[4]

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