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:
- Recherches sur le lithium et ses composés, 1857.
- Precis de chimie, third edition, 1870.[2]
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. .
- ^ a b Nature, Volume 87 edited by Sir Norman Lockyer
- ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Louis Joseph Troost