Antal Ruprecht (1748–1818) was a Hungarian Chemist.
Antal Ruprecht | |
|---|---|
| Anton Leopold von Rupprecht | |
| Born | 1748 |
| Died | 1818 |
| Citizenship | Hungarian |
| Alma mater | Mining Academy of Selmecbánya/Schemnitz |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Mining Academy of Selmecbánya/Schemnitz |
He was born in Szomolnok, Hungary in 1748. He graduated from the Mining Academy of Selmecbánya where he later became a professor of chemistry and metallurgy in 1779. He was the first to melt platinum and contributed to the discovery of tellurium in 1784.[1][2] Ruprecht was the first to theorise that alkaline earth metals were compounds rather than elements; later proved by Humphry Davy.[3] This theory caused some controversy in the chemistry community due to the previous assumption of earths being fundamental substances.[4]
References
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- ^ Görög, Sándor (2002). "Chemistry in Hungary". Nachrichten aus der Chemie. 50 (6): 712–715. doi:10.1002/nadc.20020500612.
- ^ Nagaiyar Krishnamurthy & Chiranjib Kumar Gupta (2004). Extractive Metallurgy of Rare Earths. CRC Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0203413029.
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