Friedrich Auerbach (23 August 1870, Breslau – 4 August 1925) was a German

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. He was the son of

anatomist Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

Leopold Auerbach Leopold Auerbach (27 April 1828 – 30 September 1897) was a German anatomist and neuropathologist born in Breslau. Education and career Auerbach studied medicine at the Universities of Breslau, Berlin and the Leipzig. He became a physician in ...

and the brother of

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Felix Auerbach Felix Auerbach (12 November 1856 – 26 February 1933) was a German physicist. Life Auerbach was born in Breslau (today Wrocław) on 12 November 1856. His father, Leopold Auerbach, was a respected physician and professor of medicine at the ...

. He was the father of

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Charlotte Auerbach Charlotte "Lotte" Auerbach Royal Society, FRS Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE (14 May 1899 – 17 March 1994) was a German geneticist who contributed to founding the science of mutagenesis. She became well known after 1942 when she discovered w ...

Biography

He studied mathematics, physics and chemistry at the universities of

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and Breslau — at Leipzig his instructors were

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and

Wilhelm Ostwald Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (; 4 April 1932) was a Baltic German chemist and German philosophy, philosopher. Ostwald is credited with being one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry, with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst, ...

; at Breslau he was a student of

Albert Ladenburg Albert Ladenburg (July 2, 1842August 15, 1911) was a German chemist. Early life and education Ladenburg was a member of the well-known Jewish in Mannheim. He was educated at a Realgymnasium at Mannheim and then, after the age of 15, at the tec ...

. From 1894 to 1903 he was associated with factories in

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and

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, and afterwards worked in the chemical laboratory of

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at Breslau. From 1904 he worked at the Reich Health Office in Berlin, where he eventually attained the position of ''Oberregierungsrat''.Auerbach, Friedrich
Deutsche Biographie Much of his scientific research dealt with poisons, in particular, issues concerning

lead poisoning Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by lead in the body. The brain is the most sensitive. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, constipation, headaches, irritability, memory problems, inferti ...

. With Richard Abegg, he was author of a multi-volume manual on

inorganic chemistry Inorganic chemistry deals with synthesis and behavior of inorganic and organometallic compounds. This field covers chemical compounds that are not carbon-based, which are the subjects of organic chemistry. The distinction between the two disci ...

, titled "''Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie''". After Abegg's death in 1910, he became its sole editor.

Published works

* ''Ueber ein neues Collidin und eine Pipecolincarbonsäure'', 1893 – About a new

collidine Collidine is the trivial name used to describe the chemical compounds which are Methyl group, trimethyl derivative (chemistry), derivatives of pyridine. Their chemical properties resemble those of pyridine, although the presence of the methyl groups ...

and a pipercolic

carboxylic acid In organic chemistry, a carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group () attached to an R-group. The general formula of a carboxylic acid is or , with R referring to the alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or other group. Carboxylic ...

. * ''Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie'', 4 volumes 1905-21 (with Ivan Koppel and Richard Abegg) – Handbook of inorganic chemistry. * ''Messungen elektromotorischer kräfte galvanischer ketten mit wässerigen elektrolyten'', 1911 (with Richard Abegg and Robert Thomas Dietrich Luther) – Measurements of

electromotive force In electromagnetism and electronics, electromotive force (also electromotance, abbreviated emf, denoted \mathcal or ) is an energy transfer to an electric circuit per unit of electric charge, measured in volts. Devices called electrical ''transd ...

galvanic chains with aqueous

electrolyte An electrolyte is a medium containing ions that is electrically conducting through the movement of those ions, but not conducting electrons. This includes most soluble salts, acids, and bases dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water. Upon dis ...

s. * ''Umsetzungen schwerlöslicher Bleisalze mit wässerigen Lösungen kohlensaurer Alkalien'', (with Hans Pick) 1913 – Reactions of slightly soluble lead salts with aqueous solutions of carbonated

alkali In chemistry, an alkali (; from ar, القلوي, al-qaly, lit=ashes of the saltwort) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. An alkali can also be defined as a base that dissolves in water. A solution of a ...

s. * ''Die neuen Wandlungen der Theorie der elektrolytischen Dissoziation'', 1922 – On new changes involving the theory of

electrolytic An electrolyte is a medium containing ions that is electrically conducting through the movement of those ions, but not conducting electrons. This includes most soluble salts, acids, and bases dissolved in a polar solvent, such as water. Upon dis ...

dissociation.WorldCat Identities
published works by Auerbach

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Auerbach, Friedrich 1870 births 1925 deaths University of Breslau alumni Academic staff of Leipzig University Scientists from Wrocław 20th-century German chemists Auerbach family 19th-century German chemists