Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand
Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand (born October 20, 1826 in Växjö , southern Sweden, † November 5, 1897 in Lund ) was a Swedish chemist .
life and work
Blomstrand received his PhD from Lund University in 1850 . There he became a lecturer in 1854, a laboratory at the Chemical Institute in 1856 and a professor of chemistry and mineralogy in 1862 . In 1871/72 he was the rector of the university. In 1861 he was a participant in the scientific expedition to Spitzbergen ; The Geognostika iakttagelser under en resa till Spetsbergen he collected in the process appeared in the negotiations of the Academy of Sciences in Stockholm , of which he became a member in 1861.
He delivered numerous papers on mineral chemistry, on platinum and gold cyanides, discovered several new minerals and also worked on theoretical chemistry . In 1865 he established that the niobium compounds found by Heinrich Rose were mixtures of niobium and tantalum oxides.
Blomstrand wrote a. a. widely used textbooks on organic chemistry . He also published many articles and studies in journals, including the reports of the German Chemical Society .
Publications
- Minnestecking ofver Carl Wilhelm Scheele
- The chemistry of the present from the standpoint of the electrochemical conception developed from Berzelius' teaching . Heidelberg 1869
literature
- Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 109 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blomstrand, Christian Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Växjö , southern Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1897 |
| Place of death | Lund |