Günter Wehner

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Günter Wehner (born April 12, 1906 in Leipzig , † April 22, 2002 in Bitterfeld ) was a German chemist , metallurgist and physicist .

Life

Wehner completed his studies in chemistry, metallurgy and physics in Leipzig, where he was born. In 1931 he finally received his doctorate at the University of Leipzig . Subsequently, he conducted research in Göttingen as an assistant in the field of electrochemistry of molten salts. He also developed a processing method for magnesium . In 1936 he joined IG Farbenindustrie AG in Bitterfeld. From 1937 to 1946 he was the manager of the newly established magnesium research laboratory in Aken . In 1940 he developed a precipitation process for the extraction of magnesium from seawater. Wehner then took on various management functions in the Bitterfeld Electrochemical Combine until he was appointed professor at the Technical University of Freiberg in 1956 . The Technical University of Dresden also gave him a teaching position. He was also appointed to the chemistry and metallurgy section of the GDR Academy of Sciences . During this time, Wehner did research in the field of light metals . Projects for the extraction of aluminum from Lausitz clay were carried out under his direction. The university and college textbook Inorganic-Technical Processes was developed in collaboration with Franz Matthes (1909–2005). It was published in 1964 by VEB Deutscher Verlag für Grundstofftindustrie , Leipzig.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Employers' Association North chemistry eV, Association of the Chemical Industry Association, National Association Northeast (ed.): Chemists from A to Z A biographical lexical overview of the chemistry and its most important representatives in East Germany. Berlin, 2006, 2nd revised and expanded edition, p. 95.
  2. ↑ Dirk Hackenholz: The electrochemical works in Bitterfeld, 1914 to 1945: a location of the IG-Farbenindustrie AG . LIT Verlag, Münster, 2004, ISBN 9783825876562 , p. 294.
  3. ↑ Günter Matter: Electron - The renaissance of an extraordinary metal . Klartext-Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3837521252 .
personal data
SURNAME Wehner, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, metallurgist and physicist
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2002
Place of death Bitterfeld