Jules Henri Debray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French chemist
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Place of Birth: Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France
About Jules Henri Debray
- Jules Henri Debray (26 July 1827, in Amiens – 19 July 1888, in Paris) was a French chemist. In 1847 he began his studies at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and several years later became an instructor at the Lycée Charlemagne (1855).
- From 1875 onward, he taught classes in chemistry at the École Normale Supérieure, where in 1881 he succeeded Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville as professor of chemistry.He is best remembered for his collaborative research with Sainte-Claire Deville involving the properties of platinum metals, in particular, the melting of platinum and its alloys.
- Their process for melting platinum remained the chosen method until induction furnaces became available decades later.
- In 1860, the two scientists were the first to melt an appreciable quantity of iridium.During his career, Debray served as assayer to the Bureau de Garantie of Paris; was vice-president of the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale and was a member of the Académie des sciences.
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