Karl Becker (engineer)

Karl Becker (born June 20, 1896 in Prague , Austria-Hungary , † after 1935) was a German engineer . He was mainly due to his internationally published publication Hartmetallwerkzeuge. Mode of action, treatment, construction and application known.

Life

He was the son of the Prague manufacturer Karl Becker and his wife Emma nee Baumann. After attending secondary school and the Technical University in Prague, he worked at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Fiber Chemistry of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in Berlin-Dahlem . Karl Becker received his doctorate in engineering from the Technical University of Dresden . He switched to the study society for electrical lighting of the Osram group in Berlin. From 1932 he worked as a consulting engineer.

He was a member of the German Chemical Society and lived in Berlin-Lichterfelde -Ost, Ruthenerweg 29.

Fonts (selection)

He published in the journal for technical physics , in the journal for physical chemistry and applied chemistry as well as in the journal for metal science, including for example:

• (with Hans Ewest): Properties of tantalum carbide , in: Journal for technical physics, Volume 11, 1930, page 148ff.

His monographs include:

• X-rays as a tool for chemical research (= Vieweg Collection, 73).
• (with Fritz Ebert): Metal X-ray tubes (mode of operation, system, operation) (= Vieweg Collection, 75).
• Radiographic material testing. Determination of crystal and deformation structure, material diagnostics , Braunschweig, 1929.
• Carbide tools. Mode of action, treatment, construction and application , 1935.

literature

• Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, page 80.