Reinhard Mecke

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Reinhard Mecke (born July 14, 1895 in Stettin , † December 30, 1969 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German physicist who dealt with chemical physics. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of infrared spectroscopy (at that time usually referred to as ultrared spectroscopy) in physical chemistry, which before that in Germany was predominantly oriented towards thermodynamics .

From 1913 on, Mecke studied mathematics and physics at the universities of Freiburg, Bern and Marburg and received his doctorate in 1920 under Franz Richarz (1860–1920) in Marburg ( wreaths in homogeneous nebulae). He then worked with Heinrich Konen at the University of Bonn , where he completed his habilitation in 1923 (on band spectra of iodine) and became a private lecturer . In 1927 he married his doctoral student M. Guillery.

In 1932 he became associate professor for chemical physics at the University of Heidelberg (on the initiative of Max Trautz ). In Heidelberg he dealt with band spectra of water vapor and ultra-red - and Raman spectroscopy of small organic molecules. He succeeded in proving the influence of nuclear spin on the rotation-vibration spectra of molecules for the first time .

In 1937 he became a professor of theoretical physics at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , where he investigated hydrogen bonds using infrared spectroscopy . In 1942 he became a full professor and director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry. In addition, in 1958 he was the founder and until 1968 director of the Institute for Electrical Materials (IEW) of the Fraunhofer Society (today the Institute for Solid State Physics), alongside the management of his Institute for Physical Chemistry. In 1963 he retired in Freiburg.

In 1964 he became a member of the Leopoldina . In 1965 he received the Bunsen commemorative coin .

He worked on the handbook of physics by Geiger and Scheel. His article Vorlesungstechnik with Anton Lambertz from Volume 1 has also been published as a book. Mecke also played a key role in organizing the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting .

He is the father of the biochemist and chemist Dieter Mecke (1933–2013).

literature

  • W. Lüttke, GAA Nonnenmacher: Reinhard Mecke (1895 - 1969): Scientific work and personality . In: Journal of Molecular Structure . tape 347 , March 1995, p. 1–17 , doi : 10.1016 / 0022-2860 (95) 08532-Z (obituary).
  • WAP Luck: Reinhard Mecke July 14, 1895, December 30, 1969 . In: Physical sheets . tape 26 , no. 2 , February 1970, p. 84 , doi : 10.1002 / phbl.19700260207 (obituary).
  • August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who? The German Who's Who. Vol. 16. Arani, Berlin 1970 ISBN 3-7605-2007-3 p. 827.
  • Duncan Thorburn Burns, R. Klaus Müller, Reiner Salzer, Gerhard Werner: Important figures of analytical chemistry from Germany in brief biographies: from the middle ages to the twentieth century. in: SpringerBriefs in molecular science, History of chemistry. Springer, Cham, 2014, pp. 108, 109.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard Mecke: Experimental and theoretical investigations on crown phenomena in homogeneous fog . JA Barth, Leipzig 1920 (Marburg, Phil. Diss., 1919).
  2. ↑ R. Mecke: The band spectrum of iodine . In: Annals of Physics . tape 376 , no. 9-12 , 1923, pp. 104-134 , doi : 10.1002 / andp.19233760910 .
  3. ↑ Member entry by Reinhard RJ Mecke (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on February 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ Reinhard Mecke, Anton Lambertz: Guide to practical experimental physics for lectures and lessons. Julius Springer, Berlin 1926, DNB 361207409 .
personal data
SURNAME Mecke, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1969
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau