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Emil Erlenmeyer

Emil Erlenmeyer
Erlenmeyer before 1909
Born
Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer

(1825-06-28)28 June 1825
Wehen, Duchy of Nassau, today Taunusstein, Germany
Died22 January 1909(1909-01-22) (aged 83)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Gießen
Known forErlenmeyer flask
Erlenmeyer rule
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
InstitutionsMunich Polytechnic School

Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer (28 June 1825 – 22 January 1909), known simply as Emil Erlenmeyer, was a German chemist known for contributing to the early development of the theory of chemical structure and formulating the Erlenmeyer rule. He also designed the Erlenmeyer flask, a specialized apparatus ubiquitous in chemistry laboratories, which is named after him.[1]

  1. ^ Otto N. Witt (1911). "Obituary notices: Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, 1838–1906; Emil Erlenmeyer, 1825–1909; Rudolph Fittig, 1835–1910; Hans Heinrich Landolt, 1831–1910; Nikolai Alexandrovitsch Menschutkin, 1842–1907; Sir Walter Palmer, Bart., 1858–1910". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 99: 1646–1668. doi:10.1039/CT9119901646.

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