Max Volmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max Volmer

German chemist

Date of Birth: 03-May-1885

Place of Birth: Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Jun-1965

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Max Volmer (German: ['f?lm?]; 3 May 1885 – 3 June 1965) was a German physical chemist, who made important contributions in electrochemistry, in particular on electrode kinetics.
He co-developed the Butler–Volmer equation.
Volmer held the chair and directorship of the Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry Institute of the Technische Hochschule Berlin, in Berlin-Charlottenburg.
After World War II, he went to the Soviet Union, where he headed a design bureau for the production of heavy water.
Upon his return to East Germany ten years later, he became a professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin and was president of the East German Academy of Sciences.