Wilhelm Klemm

Wilhelm Karl Klemm
Born(1896-01-05)5 January 1896
Guhrau, Lower Silesia
Died24 October 1985(1985-10-24) (aged 89)
Gdańsk, Poland
Alma materBreslau University
Technische Hochschule Hannover
Known forMagnetochemistry, Ytterbium, Zintl-Klemm concept
Spouse(s)Dr. Lisabeth Klemm "Li" (nee Herrmann, 9 October 1895, Eberswalde - 15 October 1948, Kiel),[1][2] 1924-1948; Lina Arndt, 1949-1985.[3][4]
AwardsLiebig Medal (1951)
Centenary Prize (1958)
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic and physical chemistry
InstitutionsWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Technische Hochschule Danzig, Technische Hochschule Hannover
Doctoral advisorHeinrich Biltz (1923), Wilhelm Biltz (1927)
Doctoral studentsRudolf Hoppe

Wilhelm Karl Klemm (5 January 1896 – 24 October 1985) was an inorganic and physical chemist.[2][5] Klemm did extensive work on intermetallic compounds, rare earth metals, transition elements and compounds involving oxygen and fluorine. He and Heinrich Bommer were the first to isolate elemental erbium (1934)[6] and ytterbium (1936).[5][7][8] Klemm refined Eduard Zintl's ideas about the structure of intermetallic compounds and their connections to develop the Zintl-Klemm concept.[9][10][11]

Klemm co-authored one of the ten most-cited papers in the history of the journal Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie.[12][13] His textbooks on inorganic chemistry became standard works for chemists. His Magnetochemie (c1936) is considered foundational to magnetochemistry.[14] Anorganische Chemie (Inorganic Chemistry) by Klemm and Rudolf Hoppe has been described as a legendary work by two titans of solid state chemistry.[15]

Klemm was the second President of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), serving from 1952 to 1953.[16][17][18] He was President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) from 1965 to 1967.[19][20] Klemm co-edited the journal Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie from 1939 to 1965.[12] Since 1985, the GDCh has awarded the Wilhelm Klemm Prize in his honor.[21]

  1. ^ "Lisabeth Klemm". Kieler Gelehrtenverzeichnis. 9 October 1895. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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  5. ^ a b Oesper, Ralph E. (July 1952). "Wilhelm Klemm". Journal of Chemical Education. 29 (7): 336. Bibcode:1952JChEd..29..336O. doi:10.1021/ed029p336.
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  8. ^ Klemm, Wilhelm (2012). "Early attempts on the systematics of the lanthanoids". In Sinha, Shyama P. (ed.). Systematics and the properties of the lanthanides. Berlin: D. Reidel Pub. Co. (NATO ASI Series). pp. 3–16. ISBN 9789027716132. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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  12. ^ a b Fässler, Thomas F.; Klapötke, Thomas M.; Limberg, Christian (16 March 2017). "125 Years". Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 643 (6): 406–409. doi:10.1002/zaac.201710004.
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  17. ^ Rilling, Rainer (29 June 2016). "The Structure of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (Society of German Chemists)". Social Studies of Science. 16 (2): 235–260. doi:10.1177/0306312786016002002. S2CID 146359507.
  18. ^ "Präsidenten der GDCh von der Gründung im Jahre 1949 bis in die Gegenwart". GDCh. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  19. ^ "PAST OFFICERS OF IUPAC". IUPAC. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  20. ^ McCullough, John P.; Scott, Donald W. (Oct 22, 2013). Calorimetry of non-reacting systems : prepared under the sponsorship of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Commission on Thermodynamics and the Thermochemistry. Elsevier. p. viii. ISBN 9781483226705. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Wilhelm-Klemm-Preis". GDCh. Retrieved 10 December 2018.