Antoine Bussy 842199 210640305 2008-05-06T19:50:42Z Plindenbaum 2796168 infobox {{Infobox Scientist |name = Antoine Bussy |box_width = |image =Antoine Bussy.gif |image_width =150px |caption = French chemist Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy |birth_date = [[May 29]], [[1794]] |birth_place = [[Marseille]] |death_date = [[February 1]], [[1882]] |death_place = [[Paris]] |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[France|French]] |ethnicity = |field = [[chemistry]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for =[[beryllium]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy''' ([[May 29]], [[1794]], [[Marseille]] - [[February 1]], [[1882]], [[Paris]]) was a [[France|French]] [[chemist]] who primarily studied pharmaceuticals. In [[1831]] he published the 'Mémoire sur le Radical métallique de la Magnésie' where he described a method of preparing [[magnesium]] by heating [[magnesium chloride]] and [[potassium]] in a glass tube. When the [[potassium chloride]] was washed out, small globules of magnesium remained. Bussy and [[Friedrich Woehler|Friedrich Wöhler]] are each credited with independently isolating the element [[beryllium]] in August [[1828]] by reacting [[potassium]] and [[beryllium chloride]]. <!-- Categories --> {{DEFAULTSORT:Bussy, Antoine}} [[Category:French chemists]] [[Category:1794 births]] [[Category:1882 deaths]] [[Category:Alumni of the École Polytechnique]] {{chemist-stub}} [[de:Antoine Bussy]] [[fr:Antoine Bussy]] [[ja:アントワーヌ・ビュシー]] [[pl:Antoine Bussy]] [[pt:Antoine Bussy]]