Julius Tafel

Julius Tafel

Julius Tafel
Born (1862-06-02)June 2, 1862
Courrendlin, Switzerland
Died September 2, 1918(1918-09-02) (aged 56)
Munich, German Empire
Suicide
Nationality German
Fields Electrochemistry
Institutions University of Munich
Alma mater University of Munich
Doctoral advisor Hermann Emil Fischer
Doctoral students Bruno Emmert
Known for Tafel reaction Tafel equation

Julius Tafel (June 2, 1862 September 2, 1918) was a German chemist.

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.

Life

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

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