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Italian chemist and one of the founders of colloid chemistry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francesco Selmi (7 April 1817 – 13 August 1881) was an Italian chemist and patriot, one of the founders of colloid chemistry.
Francesco Selmi | |
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Born | 7 April 1817 |
Died | 13 August 1881 64) | (aged
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | Modena |
Known for | Colloidal chemistry |
Scientific career | |
Fields | chemistry |
Selmi was born in Vignola, then part of the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. He became head of a chemistry laboratory in Modena in 1840, and a professor of chemical pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Bologna in 1867. He published the first systematic study of inorganic colloids,[1][2][3] in particular silver chloride,[4] Prussian blue,[5] and sulfur, in the period 1845–50. He died in Vignola on the 13th of August, 1881, at age 64, due to septicemia that he contracted while dissecting a dead animal for his research on typhoid fever.
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