- Ferdinand Reich
Ferdinand Reich (
19 February ,1799 –27 April ,1882 ) was a Germanchemist who co-discoveredindium in 1863 withHieronymous Theodor Richter .Reich was born in
Bernburg and died in Freiberg. He was color blind, or could only see in whites and blacks, and that is why Theodor Richter became his science partner. Richter would examine the colors produced in reactions that they studied.Reich and Richter ended up isolating the indium, creating a small supply, although it was later found in more regions. They isolated the indium in Germany.
Further reading
*cite journal
title = Ueber das Indium | author = Reich, F. | coauthors = Richter, T.
journal = Journal für Praktische Chemie
volume = 90
issue = 1
pages = 172–176
year = 1863
url =
doi = 10.1002/prac.18630900122
*cite journal | title = Ueber das Indium | author = Reich, F. | coauthors = Richter, T.
journal = Journal für Praktische Chemie
volume = 92
issue = 1
pages = 480–485
year = 1864
url =
doi = 10.1002/prac.18640920180
*cite journal | author = Weeks, Mary Elvira | title = The Discovery of the Elements: XIII. Some Spectroscopic Studies | journal = Journal of Chemical Education | volume = 9 | issue = 8 | pages = 1413 – 1434 | url = http://search.jce.divched.org/JCEIndex/FMPro?-db=jceindex.fp5&-lay=wwwform&combo=weeks&-find=&-format=detail.html&-skip=27&-max=1&-token.2=27&-token.3=10 - subscription required
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