Friedrich Strommeier ( Friedrich Stromeyer ; 1776–1835) is a German chemist and pharmacist , one of the most famous students of Johann Friedrich Gmelin and Louis Nicolas Vauclin .
| Friedrich Strommeier | |
|---|---|
| Friedrich stromeyer | |
 Friedrich Strommeier | |
| Date of Birth | August 2, 1776 |
| Place of Birth | Goettingen |
| Date of death | February 18, 1835 (58 years old) |
| Place of death | |
| A country | Germany |
| Scientific field | chemistry |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | University of Gottingen |
| supervisor | I.F.Gmelin , L.N. Voklen |
| Famous students | Bunsen , Micherlich |
| Awards and prizes | [d] |
Biography
Friedrich Strommeier was born on August 2, 1776 in Germany in the city of Gottingen .
He graduated from the University of Gottingen , where in 1800 he was awarded the title of doctor of medicine .
After graduation, he spent two years in the French capital , Paris , where he studied at the Higher Polytechnic School .
Starting in 1802, Strommeier began teaching at the University of Gottingen himself, and in 1805 he became a professor and headed the department of chemistry and pharmacy.
He successfully combined his pedagogical activity with his duties as inspector general of the city pharmacies of the city of Hannover [1] .
The main scientific studies of the scientist are connected with the physicochemical analysis of minerals [2] and other works in the field of inorganic chemistry .
In 1817, Friedrich Strohmeier made the most important discovery in his life, which he forever inscribed himself in the history of chemistry . Pharmacists of the city of Magdeburg , when studying zinc oxide (ZnO), suspected the presence of arsenic impurities in it. F. Strommeier isolated a brown-brown oxide from ZnO, then reduced it with hydrogen and obtained a silvery-white metal. The newly discovered chemical element is called cadmium (Cd) [3] .
Notes
- ↑ A brief sketch of the history of chemistry. Friedrich Strommeier
- ↑ Large Encyclopedic Dictionary. year 2000.
- ↑ Volkov V. A. , Vonsky E. V., Kuznetsova G. I. Outstanding chemists of the world ( Moscow ; 1991)