Friedrich Wilhelm Küster

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Friedrich Wilhelm Küster (born April 11, 1861 in Falkenberg ( Dahme-Spreewald ), † June 22, 1917 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a German chemist and professor at the Clausthal mining academy .

Friedrich Wilhelm Küster

Life

The son of a landowner passed his Abitur at a Berlin high school, studied mathematics and natural sciences in Berlin, Munich and Marburg until his doctorate in 1889 under Theodor Zincke at the University of Marburg . In 1891 he completed his habilitation in physical chemistry in Marburg. From 1888 to 1896 Küster was a research assistant at Zincke and in 1896 received the title of professor. In the same year he switched to a paid assistant position at the Physico-Chemical Institute at Walther Nernst in Göttingen. 1897 to 1899 went to the University of Breslau , where he was head of department at Albert Ladenburg's chemical institute and habilitated in chemistry in 1897. From 1899 to 1904 he was a full professor in Clausthal. He then worked as a private scholar in Charlottenburg near Berlin from 1905 and in Müncheberg from 1907 and founded a fruit farm in Schönerberg near Berlin. In 1917 one was killed in a swimming accident.

He devoted himself to a new branch of chemistry suggested by Wilhelm Ostwald : physical chemistry . He researched chemical analysis , especially reaction kinetics , conductivity titration and volumetry .

Chemists are familiar with his name from his book Rechentafeln für die Chemische Analytik , first published in 1894 , which is currently (2016) in its 108th edition.

Works

  • The importance of physical chemistry for other sciences , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1898
  • with Alfred Thiel : Stoichiometry and chemical mechanics , winter 1913
  • with Alfred Thiel: Logarithmic calculation tables (now in 107th edition: Calculation tables for chemical analysis )
  • with Alfred Thiel: Textbook of general physical and theoretical chemistry in elementary presentation for chemists, physicians, botanists, geologists and mineralogists

literature

  • Christoph Meinel : Chemistry at the University of Marburg since the beginning of the 19th century: A contribution to its development as a university subject. In: Academia Marburgensis , ed. from the Philipps University of Marburg, vol. 3. Marburg: Elwert, 1978, full text (PDF; 101 MB) ISBN 3 7708 06 15 8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Brief overview of the development of chemistry at the University of Marburg from 1609 to the present. (PDF; 4.4 MB) Ninth, improved and expanded edition. Chemistry Department of Philipps University, February 2020, p. 71 , accessed on March 28, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Küster, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuester, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and university professor at the Bergakademie Clausthal
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Falkenberg ( Dahme-Spreewald )
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1917
Place of death Frankfurt (Oder)