Eilhard Mitscherlich

Chemist, Academic

1794 – 1863

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Who was Eilhard Mitscherlich?

Eilhard Mitscherlich was a German chemist, who is perhaps best remembered today for his law of isomorphism, which states that compounds crystallizing together probably have similar structures and compositions. This relationship was used by Berzelius in early attempts to assign relative masses to the elements.

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Born
Jan 7, 1794
Wilhelmshaven
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • University of Göttingen
  • Stockholm University
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
Employment
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
Lived in
  • Germany
Died
Aug 28, 1863
Schöneberg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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