Alexandre Baudrimont Explained

Alexandre Edouard Baudrimont
Birth Date:7 May 1806
Birth Place:Compiègne, France
Nationality:French
Fields:Chemistry, linguistics, ethnography
Known For:Preparation of sodium phosphide, description of Erromintxela

Alexandre Edouard Baudrimont (7 May 1806 – 24 January 1880) was a 19th-century French professor of chemistry who published various books connected to the sciences, languages and the Basque Country (in particular Erromintxela):

In the field of science he is best known for first preparation of Na3P in the mid-19th century by reacting molten sodium with phosphorus pentachloride.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Baudrimont. Ann. Chim. Phys. 1864, volume 2, 13.