Paul Lebeau
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 .
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.
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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 |