Karl Mienes

Karl ( Charles ) Mienes (born February 3, 1905 , † April 23, 1990 ) was a German plastics chemist and technician.

Life

Karl Mienes studied chemistry at RWTH Aachen . In 1923 he became a member of the Corps Montania Aachen. After completing his studies and obtaining a doctorate as a Dr.-Ing. he worked at Dynamit AG in Troisdorf , which from 1938 assigned him to the Office for German Raw Materials. After the Second World War he became managing director of Isoplast GmbH in Godesberg in 1946. He later worked as a freelance researcher and expert in plastics chemistry. He received a professorship for plastics technology at RWTH Aachen University. Mienes wrote numerous papers on the technology of plastics and their economic importance.

Karl Mienes found his final resting place in a family grave in the Aachen forest cemetery .

Awards

Rudolf Diesel Medal , 1966
Large Federal Cross of Merit , 1971

Fonts

On the technology of cellulose derivatives , 1933
Cellulose esters and cellulose ethers with special reference to benzyl cellulose , 1934
On the technology of plastics from cellulose derivatives and polymerisation products , 1938
Recent advances in the processing and application of plastics , 1942
From celluloid to polyadduct , 1953
Plastics in America , 1954
Plastic processing , 1955
Plastic and metal in competition? , 1955
The plastic decade 1960/1970 , 1961
Plastics in Europe , 1963
The Plasticaeum , 1965
On the technology of plastics , 1968
Plasticaeum 1970 , 1970

Individual evidence

↑ Obituary. In: Die Wachenburg , news for Weinheimer Corps students , 38th year, 2, 1990, p. 47.
^ Franz Ludwig Neher: The Corps Montania zu Aachen, 1872-1957 , 1957, p. 128.
↑ Helmut Maier: Chemists in the "Third Reich": The German Chemical Society and the Association of German Chemists in the Nazi Ruling Apparatus , 2015, p. 313 ( digitized version ).
↑ On the person . In: Landtag intern , volume 2, issue 20 of September 2, 1971, p. 14 ( digital copy ).

personal data
SURNAME	Mienes, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mienes, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German plastics chemist and technician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 3, 1905
DATE OF DEATH	April 23, 1990

[WB-1] Obituary. In: Die Wachenburg , news for Weinheimer Corps students , 38th year, 2, 1990, p. 47.

[Montania-2] Franz Ludwig Neher: The Corps Montania zu Aachen, 1872-1957 , 1957, p. 128.

[3] Helmut Maier: Chemists in the "Third Reich": The German Chemical Society and the Association of German Chemists in the Nazi Ruling Apparatus , 2015, p. 313 ( digitized version ).

[4] On the person . In: Landtag intern , volume 2, issue 20 of September 2, 1971, p. 14 ( digital copy ).