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 mineralogy, optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifact (archaeology), artifacts. Specific s ...
and a member of the
French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of 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 method, scientific research. It was at the forefron ...
. He is also notable for his work with
Henri Louis Le Chatelier 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. Combustion ...
as applied to
mining safety.
"Mallard, (François) Ernest."
– 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 ...
References
External links
Obituary
(French) in ''Bulletin de la Societé minéralogique'' (No 7/1894), pp 241–266.
French mineralogists
French mining engineers
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
1833 births
1894 deaths
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