Paul Lebeau

Lebeau's grave in the Pere Lachaise cemetery

Paul Marie Alfred Lebeau (born December 19, 1868 in Boiscommun , † November 18, 1959 in Massy ) was a French chemist .

Life

Paul Lebeau studied at the École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris since 1885 . After his diploma in 1888 he worked with Henri Moissan on fluorine compounds , in 1891 he had a laboratory position under Alexandre Ètard (1852-1910). In parallel to his laboratory work, he received a doctorate in natural sciences at the Sorbonne in 1898 and a diploma in pharmacy in 1899 . In 1900 he moved to the natural science faculty, where he was appointed professor. During the First World War, Lebeau worked on improvements to gas masks .

From 1918 he held the chair for pharmaceutical chemistry at the Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris , where he stayed until his retirement in 1933. In 1937 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences .

Paul Lebeau was able to obtain very pure beryllium for the first time in 1898 by melt electrolysis from sodium beryllium fluoride . From 1900 to 1907, together with Moissan, he discovered several fluorine compounds, including sulfur hexafluoride , bromine trifluoride and carbon tetrafluoride . ${\ displaystyle \ mathrm {Na_ {2} BeF_ {4}}}$ ${\ displaystyle \ mathrm {SF_ {6}}}$ ${\ displaystyle \ mathrm {BrF_ {3}}}$ ${\ displaystyle \ mathrm {CF_ {4}}}$

Web links

Literature by and about Paul Lebeau in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)

Individual evidence

↑ Laurence Lestel (editor): Itinéraires de chimistes: 1857-2007, 150 ans de chimie en France avec les présidents de la SFC , EDP SCIENCES (2008), ISBN 2-868-83915-0 , pages 333ff
^ List of members since 1666: Letter L. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 9, 2020 (French).
^ AF Holleman , E. Wiberg , N. Wiberg : Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry . 101st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-11-012641-9 , p. 1106.

personal data
SURNAME	Lebeau, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lebeau, Paul Marie Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boiscommun , France
DATE OF DEATH	November 18, 1959
Place of death	Massy (Essonne) , France

[1] Laurence Lestel (editor): Itinéraires de chimistes: 1857-2007, 150 ans de chimie en France avec les présidents de la SFC , EDP SCIENCES (2008), ISBN 2-868-83915-0 , pages 333ff

[2] List of members since 1666: Letter L. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 9, 2020 (French).

[3] AF Holleman , E. Wiberg , N. Wiberg : Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry . 101st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-11-012641-9 , p. 1106.