Kurt Peters (chemist)

Kurt Gustav Karl Peters (born August 17, 1897 in Vienna - Atzgersdorf ; † May 23, 1978 ibid) was an Austrian chemist .

His field of work was fuel technology, physical chemistry and catalytic reactions as well as the separation and purification of noble gases and hydrocarbons.

Life

After completing his military service in Austria, he studied chemistry from 1918 to 1921 at the Vienna University of Technology (TH Vienna, today Vienna University of Technology). In 1923 he received his doctorate from the University of Berlin under Walther Nernst . After the subsequent activity as an assistant (among other things with Fritz Paneth ) he was from 1928 to 1937 department head at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research . In 1937 he switched to industry and worked in the high-pressure tests department of IG Farben under Matthias Pier in the field of catalyst development.

In 1945 the American military government appointed him as a trustee for part of the confiscated property of the IG Farben company. In 1949 he was appointed professor at the full chair for fuels at the Vienna University of Technology. From 1952 to 1954 he was dean of the chemistry department and in 1955 and 1956 rector of the TH Vienna.

In 2017 the Kurt-Peters-Weg in Vienna- Liesing (23rd district) was named after him.

literature

Manfred Rasch: Peters, Kurt. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 246 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ TU Wien: Rectors and Deans ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 26, 2015. @1@ 2

^ Bernhard vom Brocke and Hubert Laitko (eds.): The Kaiser Wilhelm / Max Planck Society and its institutes. Walter de Gruyter, 1996, ISBN 3-11-015483-8 , p. 209.

personal data
SURNAME	Peters, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Peters, Kurt Gustav Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	17th August 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna - Atzgersdorf
DATE OF DEATH	May 23, 1978
Place of death	Vienna - Atzgersdorf

[1] TU Wien: Rectors and Deans ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 26, 2015. @1@ 2

[2] Bernhard vom Brocke and Hubert Laitko (eds.): The Kaiser Wilhelm / Max Planck Society and its institutes. Walter de Gruyter, 1996, ISBN 3-11-015483-8 , p. 209.