- Gaston Charlot
Gaston Charlot (1904-06-11 – 1994) was a French chemist, founder of modern analytical chemistry in France.
Charlot graduated from the
École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris ; he worked on the catalytic oxidation of organic substances in the gas phase. In 1945, he became professor of analytical chemistry at the École supérieure, and also lectured at thefaculté des sciences de Paris and at theInstitut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires .Charlot generalized the
Bronsted-Lowry theory of acid-base chemistry to complex chemistry. In 1943, he published "Théories et méthodes nouvelles d'analyse qualitative" (New theories and methods of qualitative analysis), which eliminated traditional methods such ashydrogen sulfide tests by replacing them withelectrochemical orcolorimetric tests, complex chemistry, and non-aqueous chemical reactions. After some reluctance from part of the chemistry community, the Charlot method found approval after the first European post-war analytical chemistry congress, held inUtrecht in 1948.Gaston Charlot was the author of many reference works in analytical chemistry, including his "Cours de chimie analytique générale" and "Les réactions chimiques en solution aqueuse". He was elected member of the
French Academy of Science in 1970 andChevalier de la Légion d'honneur .ee also
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