Armin Weiß
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| Armin Weiß | |
| Born | October 5, 1927 Stefling part of Nittenau Germany |
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| Nationality | German |
| Fields | inorganic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Darmstadt 1961-1965 University of Munich 1965-1996 |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Darmstadt |
| Doctoral advisor | Ulrich Hofmann |
| Notable awards | Liebig Medal 1981 Nuclear-Free Future Lifetime Achievement Award 2007 |
Armin Weiß (or Weiss for his publications) is a German inorganic chemist and former politician of the Green party.
[edit] Life
Weiß was born 5 November 1927 and raised in Stefling (near Nittenau), not far from Wackersdorf, where during the 1980s, the West German nuclear industry began building a nuclear reprocessing plant. Upset by this move, Weiss took leave from his position as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, and began making public appearances in opposition to the plant. Eventually the construction of Wackersdorf was stopped. Later, as a member of the Green party of the Bavarian state government, he continued to oppose nuclear plants. In 2007, Professor Weiss received the Nuclear-Free Future Lifetime Achievement Award.[1]
[edit] Work
The intercalation in clay minerals was major research interest during the start of his academic career. Urea is used as compound for the production of high quality china for a long time but the mechanism of action was first discribed by Weiß in 1961.
[edit] References
- Klaus Beneke, Gerhard Lagaly. Armin Weiss on the occasion of his 75th birthday. University of Kiel.
