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Ernest-François Mallard (4 February 1833 – 6 July 1894) was a French "Mallard, (François) Ernest."
– Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Ernest-François Mallard (4 February 1833 – 6 July 1894) was a French mineralogist
Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proce ...
and a member of the French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was at ...
. He is also notable for his work with Henri Louis Le Chatelier
Henry Louis Le Chatelier (; 8 October 1850 – 17 September 1936) was a French chemist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He devised Le Chatelier's principle, used by chemists and chemical engineers to predict the effect a changing conditi ...
in combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combus ...
as applied to mining safety.– Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
See also
* Thermal flame theory *Detonation
Detonation () is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it. Detonations propagate supersonically through shock waves with s ...
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French mineralogists French mining engineers Members of the French Academy of Sciences 1833 births 1894 deaths {{france-scientist-stub