Elie Seignette
Elie Seignette (* 1632 in La Rochelle ; † 1698 ) was a French chemist who is considered the discoverer of the Seignette salt .
Like his father, Elie Seignette was a pharmacist in La Rochelle. In search of a mild laxative , he allowed tartar and soda to react with one another and thus found the Seignette salt between 1648 and 1660, which he and his brother Jehan (1623–1663) produced in large quantities. The invention is often wrongly attributed to his son Pierre Seignette , who was also a pharmacist.
literature
- Entry in Winfried Pötsch, Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists, Harri Deutsch 1989
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| SURNAME | Seignette, Elie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1632 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Rochelle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1698 |