Julius Tafel

Julius Tafel (June 2, 1862 – September 2, 1918) was a Swiss chemist and electrochemist.

Julius Tafel
Julius Tafel
Born(1862-06-02)June 2, 1862
Courrendlin, Switzerland
DiedSeptember 2, 1918(1918-09-02) (aged 56)
Munich, German Empire
Cause of deathSuicide
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Known forTafel reaction Tafel equation
Scientific career
FieldsElectrochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Munich
Doctoral advisorHermann Emil Fischer

Work

He worked first with Hermann Emil Fischer on the field of organic chemistry, but changed to electrochemistry after his work with Wilhelm Ostwald. He is known for the discovery of an electrosynthetic rearrangement reaction of various alkylated ethyl acetoacetates to form hydrocarbons, now called the Tafel rearrangement, and the Tafel equation, which relates the rate of an electrochemical reaction to the overpotential. He is also credited for the discovery of the catalytic mechanism of hydrogen evolution (the Tafel mechanism). Tafel retired aged 48 due to ill health, but continued to write book reviews until his death.[1]

Life

Tafel suffered from insomnia and eventually had a complete nervous breakdown. He committed suicide in Munich in 1918.

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  • "Julius Tafel". Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Chemistry. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05.

References
  1. G., Compton, R. (2011). Understanding voltammetry. Banks, Craig E. (2nd ed.). London: Imperial College Press. pp. 47–49. ISBN 978-1848165861. OCLC 676743565.
  • Julius Tafel, Hans Hahl (1907). "Vollständige Reduktion des Benzylacetessigesters". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft. 40 (3): 3312–3318. doi:10.1002/cber.190704003102.
  • Bruno Emmert; Stock, A. (1918). "Julius Tafel". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft. 51 (2): 1686–1687. doi:10.1002/cber.19180510254.
  • K. Müller (1969). "Julius Tafel". J. Res. Inst. Catalysis, Hokkaido Univ. 17: 54–75.
  • Julius Tafel (1905). "Julius Tafel". Z. Phys. Chem. 50: 668, 676, 689.
  • G.T. Burstein (2005). "A Century of Tafel's Equation: 1905–2005 A Commemorative Issue of Corrosion Science". Corrosion Science. 47 (12): 2858–2870. doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2005.07.002.


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