Georg Ludwig Carius (August 24, 1829 – April 24, 1875) was a German
chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...
born in
Barbis, in the
Kingdom of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover (german: Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Ha ...
. He studied under
Friedrich Wöhler and was assistant to
Robert Bunsen
Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (;
30 March 1811
– 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. He investigated emission spectra of heated elements, and discovered caesium (in 1860) and rubidium (in 1861) with the physicist Gustav Kirchhoff. The Bu ...
for 6 years. He was Director of the Marburger Chemical Institute (Marburger Chemischen Instituts) of
Philipps University of Marburg from 1865.
History of Marburger Chemistry
/ref> He is noted for the studies of oxidation for which he developed a method involving high temperature digestion in a sealed tube. Heavy wall sealed tubes, as used for digestion or thermolysis
Thermal decomposition, or thermolysis, is a chemical decomposition caused by heat. The decomposition temperature of a substance is the temperature at which the substance chemically decomposes. The reaction is usually endothermic as heat is req ...
, are referred to as "Carius tubes". He also wrote a textbook on polybasic acids.
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1829 births
1875 deaths
People from Bad Lauterberg
People from the Kingdom of Hanover
19th-century German chemists
University of Marburg faculty
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