Career
Despite training as an engineer, and even with his interests in industrial problems, Le Châtelier chose to teach chemistry rather than pursue a career in industry. In 1887, he was appointed head of the general chemistry to the preparatory course of the École des Mines in Paris. He tried unsuccessfully to get a position teaching chemistry at the École polytechnique in 1884 and again in 1897.
At the Collège de France, Le Châtelier succeeded Schützenberger as chair of inorganic chemistry. Later he taught at the Sorbonne university, where he replaced Henri Moissan.
At the Collège de France, Le Châtelier taught:
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- Phenomena of combustion (1898)
- Theory of the balances chemical, high temperature measurements and phenomena of dissociation (1898-1899)
- Properties of metal alloys (1899-1900)
- Iron alloys (1900-1901)
- General methods of analytical chemistry (1901-1902)
- General laws of analytical chemistry (1901-1902)
- General laws of chemical mechanics (1903)
- Silica and its compounds (1905-1906)
- Some practical applications of the fundamental principles of chemistry (1906-1907)
- Properties of metals and some alloys (1907)
After four unsuccessful campaigns (1884, 1897, 1898 and 1900), Le Châtelier was elected to the Académie des sciences (Academy of Science) in 1907. He was also elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1907.
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