Paul Marie Alfred Lebeau (19 December 1868 – 18 November 1959) was a French chemist. He studied at the elite École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI).[1] Together with his doctoral advisor Henri Moissan he was working on fluorine chemistry discovering several new compounds, like bromine trifluoride, oxygen difluoride, selenium tetrafluoride and sulfur hexafluoride.
Paul Lebeau | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 December 1868 |
| Died | 18 November 1959 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | discovery of several fluorine compound |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Henri Moissan |
In 1899 he was able to obtain pure beryllium by electrolysis sodium fluoroberyllate (Na2[BeF2]).
In World War I he improved the gas mask design used by the French army.
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