# Max Volmer

> Max Volmer was a German physical chemist, who made important contributions to materials science, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. Along with Weber, Volmer made early and pivotal contributions to the development of classical nucleation theory. He co-developed the Butler–Volmer equation. Volmer held the chair and directorship of the Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry Institute of the Technische Hochschule Berlin, in Berlin-Charlottenburg. After World War II, he went to the Soviet Union, where he headed a design bureau for the production of heavy water. Upon his return to East Germany ten years later, he became a professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin and was president of the East German Academy of Sciences.

*German chemist (1885–1965)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1885-05-03
- **Died:** 1965-06-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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