Rudolf Gäth
Rudolf Gäth (born February 7, 1912 in Hamburg , † October 10, 1985 in Limburgerhof ) was a German chemist.
Career
Gäth studied chemistry at the TH Munich from 1930 and received his doctorate in 1937 under Siegfried Skraup (born April 27, 1890 in Prague; † September 19, 1972) at the University of Würzburg ( thermal decomposition of aryl iodosobenzoates in mechanism and applicability ).
Gäth was head of the application technology coordination office for plastics at BASF . Together with Fritz Stastny and Karl Buchholz , he is the inventor of the process for the production of porous masses from polymers, which became known worldwide under the name Styrofoam .
Honors
- 1977: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1977: Rudolf Diesel Medal
- Honorary citizen of RWTH Aachen
literature
- Friedrich Johannaber: Plastic machine operator , Hanser-Verlag 2004
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 34 , p. 48 (1986)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gäth, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1985 |
| Place of death | Limburgerhof |