Jacques-Louis Soret

Jacques-Louis Soret
Born 30 June 1827(1827-06-30)
Geneva, Switzerland
Died 13 May 1890(1890-05-13) (aged 62)
Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality Swiss
Known for discovery of holmium, structure of ozone

Jacques-Louis Soret (30 June 1827 – 13 May 1890) was a Swiss chemist who in 1878, along with Marc Delafontaine, first observed holmium spectroscopically.[1][2] Independently, Per Teodor Cleve separated it chemically from thulium and erbium in 1879.[3][4] The three are given credit for the element's discovery.

Soret was also responsible for correctly working out the chemical composition of ozone as being three oxygen atoms bound together.[5][6][7]

The Soret peak, a strong absorption band of hemoglobin is also named after him.[8]

His son was Charles Soret, a recognized physicist and chemist in his own right.

References

  1. ^ Jacques-Louis Soret (1878). "Sur les spectres d'absorption ultra-violets des terres de la gadolinite". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 87: 1062. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3043m/f1124.table. 
  2. ^ Jacques-Louis Soret (1879). "Sur le spectre des terres faisant partie du groupe de l'yttria". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 89: 521. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3046j/f550.table. 
  3. ^ Per Teodor Cleve (1879). "Sur deux nouveaux éléments dans l'erbine". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 89: 478. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3046j/f432.table. 
  4. ^ Per Teodor Cleve (1879). "Sur l'erbine". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 89: 708. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3046j/f759.table. 
  5. ^ Jacques-Louis Soret (1867). "Untersuchungen über die Dichtigkeit des Ozons". Annalen der Physik und Chemie 208 (9): 165–174. doi:10.1002/andp.18672080908. 
  6. ^ Jacques-Louis Soret (1865). "Recherches sur la densité de l'ozone". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 61: 941. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3018b/f941.table. 
  7. ^ Jacques-Louis Soret (1867). "Recherches sur la densité de l'ozone (2e partie)". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 64: 904. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3018b/f941.table. 
  8. ^ Jacques-Louis Soret (1883). "Analyse spectrale: Sur le spectre d’absorption du sang dans la partie violette et ultra-violette". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 97: 1269–1273. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3053w/f1269.table.