Karl Fischer (chemist)

Karl Fischer
Karl Fischer
Born	24 March 1901; Pasing, Germany
Died	16 April 1958 (aged 57)
Nationality	German
Known for	developed the Karl Fischer titration

Karl Fischer (24 March 1901 – 16 April 1958) was a German chemist. In 1935 he published a method to determine trace amounts of water in samples.[1] This method is now called Karl Fischer titration and was originally performed manually but has been automated. It remains the primary method of water content determination used worldwide by government, academia and industry laboratories, including all major chemical manufacturers and petroleum refiners.[2]

References

Fischer, Karl (1935). "Neues Verfahren zur maßanalytischen Bestimmung des Wassergehaltes von Flüssigkeiten und festen Körpern". Angew. Chem. 48 (26): 394-396. doi:10.1002/ange.19350482605.
Schöffski, Katrin (2000). "Die Wasserbestimmung mit Karl-Fischer-Titration". Chemie in Unserer Zeit. 34 (3): 170–175. doi:10.1002/1521-3781(200006)34:3<170::AID-CIUZ170>3.0.CO;2-2.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Fischer, Karl (1935). "Neues Verfahren zur maßanalytischen Bestimmung des Wassergehaltes von Flüssigkeiten und festen Körpern". Angew. Chem. 48 (26): 394-396. doi:10.1002/ange.19350482605.

[2] Schöffski, Katrin (2000). "Die Wasserbestimmung mit Karl-Fischer-Titration". Chemie in Unserer Zeit. 34 (3): 170–175. doi:10.1002/1521-3781(200006)34:3<170::AID-CIUZ170>3.0.CO;2-2.