Carl Jacob Löwig

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1803 – 1890

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Who was Carl Jacob Löwig?

Carl Jacob Löwig was a German chemist and discovered bromine independently of Antoine Jérôme Balard.

He received his PhD at the University of Heidelberg for his work with Leopold Gmelin. During his research on mineral salts he discovered bromine in 1825, as a brown gas evolving after the salt was treated with chlorine.

After working at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Zurich he became the successor to Robert Wilhelm Bunsen at the University of Breslau. He worked and lived in Breslau until his death in 1890.

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Born
Mar 17, 1803
Bad Kreuznach
Nationality
  • Germany
Education
  • Heidelberg University
Died
Mar 27, 1890
Wrocław

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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