Rudolf Wegscheider

Rudolf Franz Johann Wegscheider ( born October 8, 1859 in Großbetschkerek, Banat, † January 8, 1935 in Vienna) was an Austrian chemist.

Life and work

Rudolf Wegscheider was born the son of the imperial county commissioner Johann Wegscheider and his wife Mary Plank. He studied chemistry and was one of the founders of physical chemistry in Austria. From 1902 to 1931 he held a chair in Vienna. As Chairman of the Association of Austrian chemist, he in office from 1904 until 1929. He was instrumental in the development of the theory of the rate of chemical reactions, the reaction kinetics with. He was buried at the cemetery in a Grinzinger honorary dedicated grave (Group 12, Series 4, No. 4).

Honors

Appreciation

The Rudolf Wegscheider - Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences bears his name

Writings

  • Rudolf Wegscheider: " About isovanillin ", in: Monatshefte fur Chemie, 1882, 3 ( 1 ), pp. 789-795; doi: 10.1007/BF01516846.
  • Rudolf Wegscheider, Noe L. Müller: "On derivatives of nitro - opianic acid ," in Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, 1923, 433 (1 ), pp. 33-48; doi: 10.1002/jlac.19234330104.
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