Gerhard Krüss

Gerhard Krüss
Born (1859-12-14)December 14, 1859
Hamburg, Germany
Died February 3, 1895(1895-02-03) (aged 35)
Munich, Germany
Nationality German
Institutions University of Heidelberg
Alma mater University of Munich
Doctoral advisor Robert Bunsen

Gerhard Krüss (December 14, 1859 February 3, 1895) was a German chemist and founder of the Journal für anorganische Chemie (Journal of Inorganic Chemistry) in 1892. The journal is still published under the name of ZAAC - Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine (Journal of Inorganic and General Chemistry). Krüss was involved in several topics during his university career at the University of Munich. He focused on analytical and inorganic chemistry and in his early years the chemistry of gold compounds and the measurement of atomic masses were his main interests. Later he became involved in the research of the rare earth elements. Krüss also suggested a new element similar to cobalt solving a problem in the sequence of iron, cobalt and nickel in the periodic table; he named it gnomium.

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