Draft:Kuhn Medal of Honour

  • Comment: The only independent source in this article that is claimed to cover specifically this medal (rather than the individual it is named after or his contributions) is the "Handbuch des Kathodischen Korrosionsschutzes", a 530 page work. However, no page numbers have been supplied, making it difficult to verify whether the medal is indeed discussed there in depth. Felix QW (talk) 12:25, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

The Kuhn Medal of Honour has been awarded by the Fachverband Kathodischer Korrosionsschutz (FKKS), (transl. German Cathodic Corrosion Protection Association) since 1970 to deserving pioneers of cathodic protection for their life's work.[1][2][3]

Robert J. Kuhn helped to bring about the breakthrough of cathodic protection of pipelines around 1928. He is is regarded as the founder of the protection potential criterion for CP on buried pipelines, -0.85 V vs. Copper–copper(II) sulfate electrode (CSE), which is still valid today.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

In 1958, Robert J. Kuhn received the Frank Newman Speller Award from the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) — formerly the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE).[10]

Laureate[3]
Name Location Year
Robert J. Kuhn New Orleans, USA 1970
Heinrich Klas Neuß, Germany 1972
Heinrich Steinrath Aachen, Germany 1973
Franz Wolf Hamburg, Germany 1974
Walter von Baeckmann Essen, Germany 1976
Johannes Pohl Dortmund, Germany 1978
Peter Pickelmann Stuttgart, Germany 1980
Wilhelm Schwenk Duisburg, Germany 1982
Gerhard Heim Hilden, Germany 1984
Gerhard Reuter Buchholz, Germany 1985
Hans Kampermann Wuppertal, Germany 1988
Werner Prinz Essen, Germany 1991
Franz Schwarzbauer München, Germany 1994
Klaus Horras Wuppertal, Germany 1997
Alfred Baltes Bochum, Germany 1999
Günter Rieger Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 1999
Willi Fleig Stuttgart, Germany 2003
Wolfgang Vesper Hattingen, Germany 2006
Hanns-Georg Schöneich Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany 2014
Bernd Isecke Karlsruhe, Germany 2023

References

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  1. ^ "fkks Fachverband Kathodischer Korrosionsschutz e.V. Kuhn-Ehrenmedaille". Fachverband Kathodischer Korrosionsschutz. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  2. ^ "Handbuch des Kathodischen Korrosionsschutzes". Wiley-VCH. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  3. ^ a b "DVGW e.V.: Kuhn-Ehrenmedaille". www.dvgw.de. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  4. ^ Kohn, Robert J. (1933). "Cathodic Protection of Underground Pipe Lines from Soil Corrosion". API Proceedings. 14: 157
  5. ^ "Cathodic/anodic corrosion protection". Electrochemistry Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  6. ^ "The origins of cathodic protection". Protection Cathodique. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  7. ^ "06086 ROBERT J. KUHN'S -0.850 V, CSE, CATHODIC PROTECTION CRITERION FOR BURIED COATED STEEL PIPELINES IS SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND". AMPP Store. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  8. ^ "ISO 15589-1:2015". ISO. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  9. ^ v. Baeckmann, W. (1997-01-01), von Baeckmann, W.; Bohnes, H.; Franke, G.; Funk, D. (eds.), "1 - The History of Corrosion Protection", Handbook of Cathodic Corrosion Protection (Third Edition), Burlington: Gulf Professional Publishing, pp. 1–26, ISBN 978-0-88415-056-5, retrieved 2024-05-20
  10. ^ "Frank Newman Speller Award - AMPP". www.ampp.org. Retrieved 2024-05-20.