Jérôme Nicklès

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François Joseph Jérôme Nicklès (born October 30, 1820 in Erstein , † April 3, 1869 in Nancy ) was a French chemist.

Nickles was a student of Justus von Liebig in Giessen (1844/45) and was in Paris from 1851 to 1854, where he received his doctorate in physics and chemistry in 1853. From 1854 he was professor of chemistry in Nancy.

He published and researched extensively in the fields of crystallography, physiology and fermentation, pharmacy, batteries and electricity, theory of odor, polymorphism, analysis of water, metallurgy and fluorochemistry. His experiments on fluorine and its compounds (especially hydrofluoric acid ) resulted in his relatively early death.

In 1862 he was the first to apply quantitative electroanalysis .

He created artificial light by burning magnesium and sodium and studied the coloration and discoloration of substances under this light.

His experiments confirmed that bismuth belonged to the nitrogen group . He studied the fermentation of tartaric acid and found that propionic acid was produced in the process. He found fluoride in water, plants, and many parts of the body.

He was a member of the Academie de Stanislas in Nancy and temporarily its president. From 1846 to 1851 he worked for Eugène Millon and Jules Reise in the publication of the Annuaire de chimie .

He married in 1856 and had at least one child. In 1862 he became a Knight of the Legion of Honor. Nickles conducted an extensive scientific correspondence.

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  1. ↑ Wolfgang Müller, article Nickles in: Pötsch, Lexicon of important chemists
personal data
SURNAME Nicklès, Jérôme
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nicklès, François Joseph Jérôme (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French chemist
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH First stone
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1869
Place of death Nancy