▁Albert ▁K ort ü m ▁( 1 4 ▁June ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁to ▁ 1 ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 0 ) ▁was ▁a ▁German ▁physical ▁chem ist . ▁ ▁K ort ü m ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁past or ▁and ▁studied ▁chem istry ▁at ▁Kar ls ru he ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 2 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁doctor ate ▁under ▁Georg ▁B red ig ▁with ▁a ▁th esis ▁on ▁the ▁knowledge ▁of ▁hydro cy an ic ▁acid ▁synth esis ▁from ▁carbon ▁mon ox ide ▁and ▁am mon ia . ▁He ▁then ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁post do ctor al ▁research er ▁at ▁the ▁Kaiser - Wil helm - Institut ▁für ▁Phys ical ▁Chem istry ▁and ▁Elect ro chem istry ▁in ▁Berlin ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁was ▁assistant ▁to ▁Johannes ▁Ludwig ▁E bert ▁in ▁Wür zburg . ▁From ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁assistant ▁to ▁Hans ▁von ▁Hal ban ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Zürich . ▁From ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁he ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁T üb ingen , ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁full ▁professor ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁newly ▁created ▁inst itute ▁for ▁physical ▁chem istry . ▁He ▁became ▁an ▁emer it us ▁professor ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁ ▁He ▁focused ▁on ▁spect roph ot ometry , ▁electro chem istry , ▁and ▁electro ly te ▁solutions ▁( review ing ▁the ▁Deb ye - H