Muller, Franz

Source Muller, Franz. (2000). Agrochemicals Composition, production, toxicology, applications. 

For a scientific biography of Achard see Hans-Heinrich Muller, Franz Carl Achard (1753 bis 1821), (Berlin Verlag Dr. Albert Bartens, 2002). 

Gebr. Sucker and Franz Muller GmbH, Text. Month (Oct 1992) 37 Melliand Textilber., 73 (1992) 947, E441. 

Tellurium (Te, [Kr]4<7l05.v25/ 4), name and symbol after the Latin word tellus (earth). Discovered (1782) by Franz Joseph Muller von Reichstein. 

Tellurium - the atomic number is 52 and the chemical symbol is Te. The name derives from the Latin Tellus, who was the Roman goddess of the earth . It was discovered by the Roumanian mine director Franz Joseph Muller von Reichenstein in 1782 and overlooked for sixteen years imtil it was first isolated by German chemist Martin-Heiniich Klaproth in 1798. The Hungarian chemist Paul Kitaibel independently discovered tellurium in 1789, prior to Klaproth s work but after von Reichenstein. 

Two people are responsible for the discovery of tellurium. First, Franz Joseph Muller von Reichenstein (1743—1825), chief inspector of a gold mine in Transylvania (part of Romania), experimented with the ores in his mine between 1782 and 1783. From an ore known as aurum album, he extracted an element that, at first, was thought to be antimony. He sent a sample to Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743—1817), who 16 years later correctly identified it as a new element and named it tellurium. However, Klaproth gave Franz Joseph Muller credit for the discovery. 

Tellurium Te 1782-83 (Sibiu, Romania) Franz Muller (Austrian) 239... 

Schemuitz (Selmeczbanya, or Stiavnica Banska). Franz Joseph Muller, the discoverer of tellurium, was educated at the Schemnitz School of Mines.

This view, however, was opposed by a distinguished contemporary. Baron Franz Joseph Muller von Reichenstein was bom at Sibiu, (Nagy-szeben or Hermannstadt) in the Transylvanian Alps on July 1, 1740. After receiving his elementary education in his native city, he went to Vienna to study philosophy and law. Later he became so deeply interested in mining, metallurgy, and chemistry that in 1763 he entered the famous School of Mines of Selmeczbanya, or Schemnitz (which is now known as Stiavnica Banska, Czechoslovakia). Here he studied under the capable leadership of N. J. Jacquin (1). 

Last but not least, we could write this book because we enjoyed countless interactions with other scientists and engineers who shaped our view of the field of biocatalysis. A representative, but certainly not exhaustive, list of these individuals, besides those already mentioned above, includes Frances Arnold, Uwe Bomscheuer, Stefan Buchholz, Mark Burk, Robert DiCosimo, David Dodds, Franz Effenberger, Uwe Eichhorn, Wolfgang Estler, Andreas Fischer, Tomas Hudlicky, Hans-Dieter Jakubke, Andreas Karau, Alexander Klibanov, Andreas liese, Oliver May, Jeffrey Moore, Rainer Muller, Mark Nelson, David Rozzell, Roger Sheldon, Christoph Syldatk, Stefan Verseck, and George Whitesides. We thank all of them for their contribution to our view of the field. 

Tellurium was discovered in 1782 by Franz Josef Muller von Reichenstein from Transylvanian gold ore known as aurum album. Initially he believed he had isolated antimony but realized shortly that it was a previously unknown element. Since Muller von Reichenstein published his findings in an obscure journal, the work was forgotten until 1798 when Martin Heinrich Klaproth, a German chemist, confirmed the discovery of the new metal and gave it the name tellurium, which derives from Latin tellus = Earth. ... 

Tellurium was discovered in 1782 by Austrian mineralogist Baron Franz Joseph Muller von Reichenstein (1740—c. 1825). The element seldom occurs in its pure state. It is usually found as a compound in ores of gold, silver, copper, lead, mercury, or bismuth. The most common... 

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