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Hanns-Peter Boehm

Hanns-Peter Boehm is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hanns-Peter Boehm rather than just read about it. In short: Hanns-Peter Boehm (9 January 1928 – 10 May 2022) was a German chemist and professor emeritus at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) in Germany. Boehm is considered a pioneer of graphene research.

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Reference excerpt

Hanns-Peter Boehm (9 January 1928 – 10 May 2022) was a German chemist and professor emeritus at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) in Germany. Boehm is considered a pioneer of graphene research.

Biography Hanns-Peter Boehm studied chemistry in Regensburg from 1947 to 1951. He received his doctorate in 1953 at Technische Universität Darmstadt, where he also received his habilitation in 1959 with the treatise Oberflächenchemie und Adsorption an Kohlenstoff und SiO2. In 1961, Boehm, together with Ralph Setton and Eberhard Stumpp, isolated and identified single graphene sheets by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction. In 1986 they authored the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) report formally defining the term graphene. In 1970 Boehm became professor and director of the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry of LMU Munich; in 1994 he retired to the status of professor emeritus.

References

External links Hanns-Peter Boehm in the German National Library catalogue "Boehm's 1961 isolation of graphene". graphenetimes. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hanns-Peter Boehm

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hanns-Peter Boehm claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hanns-Peter Boehm before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hanns-Peter Boehm ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hanns-Peter Boehm

In research: Hanns-Peter Boehm appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hanns-Peter Boehm in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hanns-Peter Boehm is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1928 births, 2022 deaths, 20th-century German chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hanns-Peter Boehm outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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