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Steudel made many contributions to the chemistry of sulfur. His group prepared several new allotropes, often using [[titanocene pentasulfide]]. He also discovered routes to the [[lower sulfur |
Steudel made many contributions to the chemistry of sulfur. His group prepared several new allotropes, often using [[titanocene pentasulfide]]. He also discovered routes to the [[lower sulfur oxides]]. One example is S<sub>8</sub>O.<ref name=Steudel>{{cite book|author=R. Steudel|chapter=Sulfur-Rich Oxides S<sub>n</sub>O and S<sub>n</sub>O<sub>2</sub>|title=Elemental Sulfur und Sulfur-Rich Compounds II|editor=Steudel, R.|year=2003|publisher=Springer|location=Berlin-Heidelberg|isbn=9783540449515|doi=10.1007/b13185}}</ref> Much of his work benefited from the use of [[high performance liquid chromatography]] to establish analyze reactions and to assess purity. |
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Revision as of 15:33, 29 January 2023
Ralf Steudel | |
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 Ralf Steudel | |
| Born | 25 March 1937 |
| Died | 12 February 2021[1] (83) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin Technical University of Berlin |
| Known for | Sulfur chemistry |
| Awards | Karl Winnacker Grant (1974–1978) Prize of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2002) |
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| Institutions | Technical University of Berlin |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter W. Schenk |
Ralf Steudel (* 25 March 1937 – 12 February 2021) was a German chemist and university professor who was known for his research in the area of sulfur chemistry as well as for his textbook Chemistry of the Non-Metals, which appeared in several languages and many editions. Complementing his pioneering contributions to polysulfides, he authored many reviews on the subject.
Steudel was born to a family of entrepreneurs in the Saxonian town of Kamenz. In 1954 he escaped to West Berlin, and started his university studies in chemistry in 1957 at the Free University Berlin under the supervision of Schenk. He graduated in 1963. In 1965, he received his PhD in chemistry at the Technical University Berlin (TUB)[2] where he subsequently made his habilitation work resulting in the venia legendi for inorganic chemistry in 1969.[3] In the same year he was appointed professor of inorganic chemistry at TUB, a position he held until his retirement in 2003. In 1973/74 he spent 1 year as a visiting professor at the Spectroscopy Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Research
Steudel made many contributions to the chemistry of sulfur. His group prepared several new allotropes, often using titanocene pentasulfide. He also discovered routes to the lower sulfur oxides. One example is S8O.[4] Much of his work benefited from the use of high performance liquid chromatography to establish analyze reactions and to assess purity.
Publications (textbooks)
- (with D. Scheschkewitz): Chemistry of the Non-Metals, 2nd ed., Berlin; Boston, Mass.: de Gruyter, 2019, 760 pages, ISBN 978-3-11-057805-8.
- (ed.): Anorganische Chemie: Prinzipien von Struktur und Reaktivität, Authors: James E. Huheey, Ellen A. Keiter, Richard L. Keiter, 5th Edition, Berlin; Boston, Mass.: de Gruyter, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-030433-6.
External links
- Website on the Research Activities by R. Steudel and his group der Technischen Universität Berlin, retrieved 15 August 2010.
References
- ^ "Ralf Steudel". Remembr.com. Remembr. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Chemistry Tree - Ralf Steudel". academictree.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Ralf Steudel (2002). "The Chemistry of Organic Polysulfanes R2Sn (n > 2)". Chem. Rev. (102): 3905–3945. doi:10.1021/cr010127m.
- ^ R. Steudel (2003). "Sulfur-Rich Oxides SnO and SnO2". In Steudel, R. (ed.). Elemental Sulfur und Sulfur-Rich Compounds II. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer. doi:10.1007/b13185. ISBN 9783540449515.
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