Adalbert Eschka

Adalbert Eschka (born January 12, 1834 in Birkenberg , † July 1, 1874 in Vienna ) was an Austrian wardein who became known through chemical-analytical processes in the field of metallurgy.

Eschkas father was Obersteiger and mayor . In 1849 Eschka began training as a miner and was able to learn about mining and metallurgy. From autumn 1851 he attended the Polytechnic in Prague , which he successfully completed in 1855. He then attended the Příbram Mining Academy , which he graduated from in the fall of 1857. Although it was the mining authority Jáchymov allocated, but worked until February 1858 mostly on analytical work in the chemical laboratory of the Mining Academy Příbram. In July 1858 he joined the kk General Probiramt in Vienna. In the school year 1859/60 Eschka sent the General Probiramt to the Bergakademie in Příbram as an assistant for metallurgy. In 1868 he was promoted to wardein. In 1872 he was sent to the hut in Příbram as a wardein. He then stayed with the Imperial and Royal Probiramt until his untimely death in 1874.

He published his work on analytical chemistry in metallurgy in the yearbooks of the mining academies, the journal of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects and the Austrian journal for mining and metallurgy . He researched the determination of mercury in ores and the magnetic treatment of sneak . His method for determining the sulfur content in coal and coke is particularly well known . The so-called Eschka mixture is used to determine the sulfur content .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adolf Patera : Adalbert Eschka. In: Oesterreichische Zeitschrift für Berg- und Hüttenwesen . No. 32, August 17, 1874, pp. 303-304, Google Book .
2. ↑ Otto Niezoldi: Selected chemical analysis methods for the steel and iron industry. Springer , 1942, ISBN 9783662366530 , p. 137, Google Book