Kern studied from 1924 to 1928 chemistry and physics in
Freiburg and
Heidelberg. The promotion took place in 1930
Hermann Staudinger, at which the habilitation on "The Poylacrylsäure, a model of the protein," followed. After a period in industrial research, he became in 1946 professor at the Johannes Gutenberg
University of Mainz called in, where he retired 1974th Core was in 1971 with
Victor Günter Schulz of the first winner of the
Hermann Staudinger price of the
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker. Core is considered one of the most important pioneers in the field of preparative macromolecular chemistry . His work in the field of formaldehyde polymer laid the foundation for industrial polymers, such as Hostaform C from Hoechst. Even in an article in 1938 on cross-linking copolymerization of
acrylic acid with
divinyl he laid the foundation for the core technology of today as "
superabsorbent" designated products, for example in
diapers are widely used. == References ==