Franz von Soxhlet
Encyclopedia
Franz Ritter von Soxhlet (January 12, 1848– May 5, 1926) was a German
agricultural chemist from Brno
. He invented the Soxhlet extractor
in 1879 and in 1886 he proposed that pasteurization
be applied to milk and other.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
agricultural chemist from Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
. He invented the Soxhlet extractor
Soxhlet extractor
A Soxhlet extractor is a piece of laboratory apparatusinvented in 1879 by Franz von Soxhlet. It was originally designed for the extraction of a lipid from a solid material. However, a Soxhlet extractor is not limited to the extraction of lipids...
in 1879 and in 1886 he proposed that pasteurization
Pasteurization
Pasteurization is a process of heating a food, usually liquid, to a specific temperature for a definite length of time, and then cooling it immediately. This process slows microbial growth in food...
be applied to milk and other.
Writings
- Herzfeld: Franz von Soxhlet †. In: Die Deutsche Zuckerindustrie Jg. 51, 1926, S. 501-502.
- Theodor Henkel: Franz von Soxhlet zum Gedächtnis. In: Süddeutsche Molkerei-Zeitung Jg. 46, 1926, S. 493-494 (m. Bild u. Schriftenverzeichnis).