How Did Christian Friedrich Shonbein Ink Chromatography

Christian Friedrich Schonbein One of the more obscure scientists, Christian Friedrich Schonbein was well known for his discovery of ozone as well as work on fuel cells. He along with Friedrich Goppelsroeder discovered and coined capillary analysis, and later on, paper chromatography. My project centers on ink chromatography and capillary action, both of which were discovered by Friedrich Goppelsroeder and Christian Friedrich Schonbein. Of the two men, Christian Friedrich Schonbein was a more intriguing scientist. Christian Friedrich Schonbein was a German scientist who is mainly known for the discovery of fuel cells, ozone, and gun cotton. Born on October 18, 1799 in Metzingen, Swabia (Southern Germany), he was the oldest of six children, with three brothers and three sisters. His mother was Anna Barbara Schaefer. He shared a name with his father: Christian Friedrich Schonbein. His father was a dyer – he dyed cloths and other materials, like wool. He attended the Metzinger primary school. When he was 13, he was made and apprentice at Metzger and Kaiser, and chemical firm at Böblingen where he worked thirteen hours a day. At first, he suffered a horrible case of homesickness, but that feeling passed later on. …show more content…
After a short period of conscription to the military, he moved to Dr. J.G. Dingler’s chemical product firm in Augsburg. Although he didn’t stay long with Dingler’s firm, he was soon a student at the universities of Erlangen and Tübingen. Sometime in 1826, he moved to Cedars School, Epsom to teach mathematics and natural sciences. In 1827, Schonbein England to teach in Paris and attend lectures in Sorbonne. But, while he was there, he was invited to become a substitute professor for physics and chemistry at the University of