Carl Jacob Löwig

Infobox_Scientist
name = Carl Jacob Löwig

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caption = Carl Jacob Löwig
birth_date = birth date|df=yes|1803|3|17
birth_place = Bad Kreuznach, Germany
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nationality = German
death_date = death date and age|df=yes|1890|3|27|1803|3|17
death_place = Breslau, Germany
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work_institution = University of Heidelberg,
University of Zurich,
University of Breslau
alma_mater = University of Heidelberg
doctoral_advisor = Leopold Gmelin
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known_for = discovery of bromine
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religion =
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Carl Jacob Löwig (17 March 1803 – 27 March 1890) was a German chemist and discovered bromine independently from Antoine Jérôme Balard.

He received his PhD at the University of Heidelberg for his work with Leopold Gmelin. During his research on mineral salts he discovered bromine in 1825, as a brown gas evolving after the salt was treated with chlorine.

After working at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Zurich he became the successor to Robert Wilhelm Bunsen at the University of Breslau. He worked and lived in Breslau until his death in 1890.

Reference

*cite journal
title = Nekrolog: Carl Löwig
author = Hans Heinrich Landolt
journal = Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft
volume = 23
issue = 3
pages = Pages 905 – 909
year = 1890
url =
doi = 10.1002/cber.18900230395