Adolph Frank (January 20, 1834 – May 30, 1916) was a German-Jew chemist, engineer, and businessman. He is best known for having discovered uses of potash and creating the industry.
Adolph Frank was born in the town of Klötze (now in Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt. He was the son of a Jewish merchant, who—like Frank's grandfather—ran a general store. Frank studied the secondary school in Strelitz, now part of Neustrelitz, and then Jacobsohn School in Seesen. Then, he took up an apprenticeship as an apothecary in Osterburg, because he was interested in chemistry. From 1855 to 1857 he studied pharmacy, natural sciences and technology at the university in Berlin. In the same year he passed the examination to become an apothecary with a grade of 1 (the best possible grade in the German school system). In 1861 and 1862, he received his doctorate in chemistry from the university in Göttingen with a work about the production of sugar. Before this, in 1858, he had already received his first patent while working for a sugar beet factory in Staßfurt. He received this patent for having discovered a way to clean beet juice with clay soaps. The emphasis of his work was on the use of potash as an artificial fertilizer.
After 1860, he discovered and developed a deposit near Staßfurt and Leopoldshall, thus founding the industry. In 1861, he gained the patent on fertilizer on the basis of potassium chloride. A further invention of his was a method for the extraction of bromine from salt mines.
His work in the field of fertilizers led to the use of the fertilizer discovered by Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (German: Thomasmehl or English: Albert-Slag). Together with the German-Polish chemist Nikodem Caro, he developed the Frank-Caro process of extracting calcium cyanamide in 1899, which was the foundation of the nitrogen and calcium cyanamide fertilizer industry. In the same year those two and a few other businessmen founded Cyanidgesellschaft mbH, which would later become Bayrischen Stickstoff-Werke AG (BStW) in Trostberg.
The brown coloring of bottles, which is supposed to protect the content of the bottle from the effects of light, can also be attributed to him. He also researched the extraction of hydrogen for blimp together with Carl von Linde.
^"Adolph Frank". The Franklin Institute. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
Grossmann, H. (1916). "Adolph Frank †". Zeitschrift für Angewandte Chemie. 29 (85): 373–377. doi:10.1002/ange.19160298502.
October 21, 2023
adolph, frank, january, 1834, 1916, german, chemist, engineer, businessman, best, known, having, discovered, uses, potash, creating, industry, born, 1834, january, 1834klötze, germanydiedmay, 1916, 1916, aged, known, forfrank, caro, processlinde, frank, caro, . Adolph Frank January 20 1834 May 30 1916 was a German Jew chemist engineer and businessman He is best known for having discovered uses of potash and creating the industry Adolph FrankBorn 1834 01 20 January 20 1834Klotze GermanyDiedMay 30 1916 1916 05 30 aged 82 Known forFrank Caro processLinde Frank Caro processScientific careerFieldsChemistry EngineeringAdolph Frank was born in the town of Klotze now in Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in Altmark Saxony Anhalt He was the son of a Jewish merchant who like Frank s grandfather ran a general store Frank studied the secondary school in Strelitz now part of Neustrelitz and then Jacobsohn School in Seesen Then he took up an apprenticeship as an apothecary in Osterburg because he was interested in chemistry From 1855 to 1857 he studied pharmacy natural sciences and technology at the university in Berlin In the same year he passed the examination to become an apothecary with a grade of 1 the best possible grade in the German school system In 1861 and 1862 he received his doctorate in chemistry from the university in Gottingen with a work about the production of sugar Before this in 1858 he had already received his first patent while working for a sugar beet factory in Stassfurt He received this patent for having discovered a way to clean beet juice with clay soaps The emphasis of his work was on the use of potash as an artificial fertilizer After 1860 he discovered and developed a deposit near Stassfurt and Leopoldshall thus founding the industry In 1861 he gained the patent on fertilizer on the basis of potassium chloride A further invention of his was a method for the extraction of bromine from salt mines His work in the field of fertilizers led to the use of the fertilizer discovered by Sidney Gilchrist Thomas German Thomasmehl or English Albert Slag Together with the German Polish chemist Nikodem Caro he developed the Frank Caro process of extracting calcium cyanamide in 1899 which was the foundation of the nitrogen and calcium cyanamide fertilizer industry In the same year those two and a few other businessmen founded Cyanidgesellschaft mbH which would later become Bayrischen Stickstoff Werke AG BStW in Trostberg The brown coloring of bottles which is supposed to protect the content of the bottle from the effects of light can also be attributed to him He also researched the extraction of hydrogen for blimp together with Carl von Linde He was awarded the John Scott Medal 1 of The Franklin Institute in 1893 References Edit Adolph Frank The Franklin Institute 2014 01 14 Retrieved 2017 02 08 Grossmann H 1916 Adolph Frank Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Chemie 29 85 373 377 doi 10 1002 ange 19160298502 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adolph Frank amp oldid 1173582259, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
