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  1. Friedrich Stromeyer FRS(For) FRSE (2 August 1776 – 18 August 1835) was a German chemist. He was the discoverer of cadmium . From 1982 a Friedrich Stromeyer Prize has been awarded for chemical achievement in Germany.

  2. A chemist's legacy. Malte C. Ebach. Nature Chemistry 8 , 817–818 ( 2016) Cite this article. 770 Accesses. 2 Citations. 2 Altmetric. Metrics. Although Friedrich Stromeyer is best remembered for ...

    • Malte C. Ebach
    • mcebach@unsw.edu.au
    • 2016
  3. Other articles where Friedrich Stromeyer is discussed: cadmium: Properties, occurrence, and uses: Friedrich Stromeyer, a German chemist, discovered the element (1817) in a sample of zinc carbonate, and, in the same year, K.S.L. Hermann and J.C.H. Roloff found cadmium in a specimen of zinc oxide. Both zinc compounds were being examined because their purity as pharmaceuticals was…

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  5. There is a widespread, though erroneous belief that Justus Liebig founded chemical laboratory instruction when he opened a course of this kind at the University of Giessen in 1824.

  6. Although Friedrich Stromeyer is best remembered for writing one of the founding works in plant ... Stromeyer was an extraordinary person, whose interests and passions led him into

    • Malte C. Ebach
    • 2016
  7. Cadmium was discovered in 1817 by Friedrich Stromeyer as an impurity in calamine (zinc carbonate, ZnCO 3). Stromeyer observed that impure samples of calamine changed color when heated but pure calamine did not. Eventually he was able to isolate cadmium metal by roasting and reduction of the sulfide. German chemist Friedrich Stromeyer (1776 - 1835).

  8. Aug 2, 2014 · Friedrich Stromeyer (1776 – 1835) Discoverer of the element cadmium. August 2 is Friedrich Stromeyer’s birthday. Stromeyer was a German physician and chemist who is credited with the discovery of the element cadmium. Stromeyer was a professor of chemistry at Göttingen University in 1817.

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