Louis Joseph Troost

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Louis Joseph Troost
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Louis Joseph Troost (17 October 1825, Paris – 30 September 1911) was a French chemist.

Biography

In 1848, he began his studies at the

Académie des sciences.[1]

With

lithium salts, and with Paul Hautefeuille, he conducted research on the solubility of gases in metals.[1]

Selected works

Troost was the author of Traité élémentaire de chimie (1847; 24th edition, 1948) that became a standard textbook for successive generations of students. His other noted works are:

References

  • Schwers, Frédéric (1912). "Obituary notices: John Attfield, 1835–1911; John Muter, 1841–1911; Walthere Victor Spring, 1848–1911; Nevil Story-Maskelyne, 1823–1911; Louis Joseph Troost, 1825–1911". Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions. 101: 688–704. .
  1. ^ a b Nature, Volume 87 edited by Sir Norman Lockyer
  2. ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Louis Joseph Troost