Ferdinand Bischoff (chemist)
Ferdinand Bischoff (born February 17, 1838 in Adorf / Vogtl. , † October 30, 1909 in Schneeberg ) was a German mining engineer and metallurgical chemist.
Life
Julius Ferdinand Bischoff studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg . Here he joined the Corps Franconia Freiberg in 1856 . After completing his studies in 1859, he first worked in the Royal Saxon Copper Hammer Grünthal and the Freiberg Hütten. From here he moved to the Oberschlemma blue paint works as a metallurgical chemist and master. In 1866 he married Elmonde Isabelle Winkler, the daughter of the metallurgist Kurt Alexander Winkler and sister of the chemist Clemens Winkler . In 1873 he was appointed smelter and in 1883 director of the Niederpfannenstiel blue paint works . He held this position until 1903. He carried the title Oberbergrat.
Numerous innovations and improvements in blue color production go back to Bischoff. With his brother-in-law, the smelter in Oberschlemma A. Müller, he developed and implemented processes for the production of cobalt oxides. He was also the inventor of an electrolytic process for the production of pure nickel . For melting he introduced the gas flame furnace.
Fonts
- Reinhold Schwamkrug, Ferdinand Bischoff: Atlas des Bergwesens , 1874
literature
- Bruno Sauer: Bischoff, Julius Ferdinand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 263 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Corps list Corps Franconia in Freiberg, Saxony, March 5, 1838 to October 27, 1935, and Corps Franconia Fribergensis in Aachen since November 28, 1953, as of the summer semester 1985, p. 5
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| SURNAME | Bischoff, Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bischoff, Julius Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mining engineer and metallurgical chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adorf / Vogtl. |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1909 |
| Place of death | Schneeberg (Ore Mountains) |