Friedrich Stromeyer
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Friedrich Stromeyer
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| Born |
2 August 1776 Göttingen |
| Died | 18 August 1835 (aged 59) Göttingen |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Chemist |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Doctoral advisor |
Johann Friedrich Gmelin Louis Nicolas Vauquelin |
| Doctoral students |
Robert Bunsen Eilhard Mitscherlich |
| Known for | Cadmium |
| Influenced | Leopold Gmelin |
Friedrich Stromeyer (2 August 1776 – 18 August 1835) was a German chemist. Stromeyer received an MD degree from the University of Göttingen in 1800, studying under Johann Friedrich Gmelin and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin. He was then a professor at the university, and also served as an inspector of apothecaries.
While studying compounds of zinc, Stromeyer discovered the element cadmium in 1817; cadmium is a common impurity of zinc compounds, though often found only in minute quantities. He was also the first to recommend starch as a reagent for free iodine and he studied chemistry of arsine and bismuthate salts.
In 1819 he was the first scientist to describe the mineral eudialyte. In 1832 the mineral stromeyerite was named in his honor by mineralogist François Sulpice Beudant.
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