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Christian Gottlob Gmelin (October 12, 1792 – May 13, 1860) was a German chemist.
Gmelin was professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Tübingen. In 1828 he was one of the first to devise a process for the artificial manufacture of ultramarine. In 1818, Gmelin was the first to observe that lithium salts give a bright red color in flame.
Gmelin was born in Tübingen. He was a grandson of Johann Konrad Gmelin and a great-grandson of Johann Georg Gmelin. He died in Tübingen.[1]
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- Kopp, Hermann (1879) (in German). "Gmelin, Christian Gottlob". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). 9. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. p. 266–266.
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