Hermann Senftleben
Hermann Senftleben (born April 8, 1890 in Bremen , † 1975 in Recklinghausen ) was a German physicist and physical chemist.
Life
Senftleben studied physics at the University of Breslau after graduating from the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Breslau and received his doctorate under Rudolf Ladenburg . The dissertation was about the glow of flames, which he attributed in part to light scattering on small particles in the flame. He then worked as an assistant in Breslau (with Carl Hintze , Arnold Eucken and Otto Lummer ) and Marburg (with Clemens Schaefer ), where he completed his habilitation in 1924 and became a private lecturer in Marburg. From 1935 to his retirement in 1958 he was a full professor at the University of Münster . There he also carried out research from 1946 to 1961 as an employee of the Hüls chemical works in Marl .
Inspired by Eucken, he turned to physical chemistry in the 1930s. Among other things, he dealt with the direct detection of the dissociation of molecules through collisions of the second kind , the course of the reaction during hydrogen generation and the electron affinity of oxygen. In particular, however, he investigated the conduction of heat in gases.
The Senftleben-Beenakker effects are named after him and Jan Beenakker , the influence of electrical and magnetic fields on the transport properties (thermal conductivity, viscosity) of molecular gases.
literature
- Frank Matossi, KH Böhm: HERMANN SENFTLEBEN 75 years / ALBRECHT UNSÖLD 60 years. In: Physics Journal. 21, 1965, p. 187, doi : 10.1002 / phbl.19650210407 (free full text).
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| SURNAME | Senftleben, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and physical chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1975 |
| Place of death | Recklinghausen |