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Praha
Hlavní mĕsto

U nemocnice 4
(Faculty of Medicine, Charles University)

Franz Hofmeister

Praha 1850 - Würzburg 1922
Czech-German chemist, protein scientist
(Wikipedia)

Milan Knobloch
2010

Description

Plaque with relief portrait, signature, chemical formula and text in Czech and German, and the seal of the Charles University.

Inscription(s)

v této budovĕ působil chemik prof. franz hofmeister (1850-1922),
který předpovĕdĕl, že aminokyseliny se bílkovinách pojí peptidickou
vazbou, a který v roce 1888 navrhl lyotropní (hofmeisterovu) řady iontů:

C₄H₄O₆^2- > SO₄^2- > HPO₄^2- > C₃H₅O(CO₂)₃^3- >
CH₃CO₂^- > HCO₃^- > CrO₄^2- > Cl^- > NO₃^- > ClO₃^-

in diesem gebäude forschte der berühmte chemiker
prof. franz hofmeister (1850-1922), welcher die peptidbindungen
der aminosäuren in eiweissen vorhersagte und 1888 die lyotropische
(hofmeister) reihe der ionen vorschlug.

Signed (twice): m. knobloch

Annotation

Unveiled 14 October 2010.

Sculptor

Milan Knobloch (Praha 1921), Czech sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Universität Regensburg, Deutsch-Tschechische Ehrung für einen bedeutenden Naturwissenschaftler .

Locatie (N 50°4'25" - E 14°25'23") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr054; Photograph: 18 February 2011
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