Jan Hendrik de Boer
Jan Hendrik de Boer (born March 19, 1899 in ruins, today in De Wolden , † April 25, 1971 in The Hague ) was a Dutch physicist and chemist .
He studied at the University of Groningen and received his doctorate in 1923 under Hilmar Johannes Backer on the subject of alpha-sulfoboterzuur (alpha-sulfobutyric acid) and then worked in industrial research. During the Second World War, he was responsible for a chemical weapons defense laboratory, first in the Netherlands and then in the United Kingdom. After the Second World War he returned to the Netherlands in 1950 and also taught at the Delft University of Technology .
Together with Eduard van Arkel, he developed the Van Arkel de Boer process, named after both researchers, for the extraction of high-purity metals, which is used in particular for titanium , zirconium and hafnium . He also generated groundbreaking results in the field of heterogeneous catalysis .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The life data, publications and academic family tree of Jan Hendrik de Boer at academictree.org, accessed on January 7, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boer, Jan Hendrik de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch physicist and chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | ruins |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1971 |
| Place of death | The hague |