Further Studies and Final Days
Hess's other work concerned the investigation of minerals, including analysis of silver telluride (Ag2Te), which was named Hessite in his honour. He also discovered that the oxidation of sugars yielded saccharic acid.
Hess was the author of a textbook on chemistry that was the standard Russian work for several decades. He died in St. Petersburg.
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