Jean Pierre Joseph d'Arcet
Jean Pierre Joseph d'Arcet (born August 31, 1777 in Paris , † August 2, 1844 there ) was a French chemist .
D'Arcet was 1801 Münzwardein . He died in Paris in 1844 as a General Münzwardein and as a member of the General Council of Factories and Manufactories and the Salubrity Consil in the Seine department (now Paris).
D'Arcet provided several valuable works for chemical engineering, improved powder production and the representation of bronze and bronze-like alloys . He discovered that bronze rich in tin becomes very tough and malleable when repeatedly quenched, and in 1802 he invented the process for separating gold from silver with the help of sulfuric acid . This process, which was improved in 1816 , enables a very low gold content to be deposited from large quantities of silver. He studied the nourishing components of the bones and the extraction of sugar from chestnuts; He also endeavored to mitigate the health risks emanating from various trades, for example through fans in the factories, and wrote about the health-related equipment of the hospitals.
On February 3, 1823 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences .
He should not be confused with his father Jean d'Arcet (1725–1801), chemistry professor at the Collège de France .
Web links
- Article by / about d'Arcet, Jean Pierre Joseph in the Polytechnic Journal
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter D. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 4, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arcet, Jean Pierre Joseph d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1844 |
| Place of death | Paris |