Max Trautz

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Max Theodor Trautz (born March 19, 1880 in Karlsruhe ; † August 19, 1960 there ) was a German chemist ( physical chemistry ).

Life

Trautz, the son of Oberkirchenrat Theodor Trautz, attended high school in Karlsruhe and began studying chemistry there in 1898. On July 18, 1900 , he passed the association examination with Carl Engler in Karlsruhe, the first academic examination in chemistry. After continuing his studies at the University of Leipzig and a supplementary test for association exam at Wilhelm Ostwald on 17th December 1901 , Trautz in Leipzig 1903 with summa cum laude for Dr. phil. PhD (title of the dissertation: On the physical chemistry of the lead chamber process ). From 1903 he was an assistant in Freiburg and completed his habilitation in 1905 ( studies on chemiluminescence ). From 1910 he was associate professor for physical chemistry at the University of Heidelberg , where he became full professor in 1927 and director of the institute for physical chemistry and electrochemistry. In 1929/30 and 1933 he was dean in Heidelberg. In 1934 he became a professor at the University of Rostock and from 1936 to 1945 a full professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Münster and director of the Institute of Chemistry.

He is known for work on chemical kinetics and founded with William Lewis (1885-1956) the collision theory of chemical reactions, Trautz published this in 1916, Lewis 1918. He also dealt with triboluminescence and chemiluminescence . He was one of the first to research chemical activation by light.

From 1928 he was a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . From 1949 he was co-editor of the journal for inorganic chemistry . In 1952 he received an honorary doctorate in Karlsruhe.

He is the father of Fritz Trautz .

Fonts

  • Practical introduction to general chemistry. Instructions for physical-chemical internship and independent work. Leipzig 1917
  • Chemistry textbook, 3 volumes, Berlin 1922–1924.
  • together with Anton Zürn: Measurements to criticize the electrical differential method for determining C v on gases . In: Wilhelm Geibel (ed.): Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Dr. phil. Dr. ing. eh Wilhelm Heraeus , Hanau: GM Albertis Hofbuchhandlung Bruno Clauss 1930, pp. 115–158.

literature

  • Alexander Kipnis: Trautz, Max Theodor . In: Baden-Württemberg biographies . Volume 3. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2002, pp. 421–423 ( online )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reports of the Association of Laboratory Board Members, page 03-026: Trautz Max (1396). Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
  2. ^ Reports of the Association of Laboratory Board Members, page 04-116: Trautz Max (1396). Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
  3. ^ Members of the HAdW since it was founded in 1909. Max Trautz. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, accessed on June 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Trautz, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trautz, Max Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1960
Place of death Karlsruhe