Szilard Papp

* Eperjes, March 4, 1905 – † Budapest, March 31, 1973 / chemical engineer ; ; He completed his chemical engineering studies at the Budapest University of Technology, where he obtained a diploma in 1928. He began his career at the Chemical Laboratory of the State Railways. In 1930, he received a doctorate in humanities from the Budapest University of Science and Technology. From 1931, he worked at the water laboratory of the Budapest Institute of Public Health, and from 1946 to 1973, he was the head of the water department. His main field of expertise was water analytics and water technology. He developed a procedure for the deacidification and deironing of aggressive carbonated waters that destroy pipelines, and for protection against them. He dealt with the issues of the loadability and self-purification of surface waters, as well as the water purity of Lake Balaton. ; ; Main works: ; Chemical aspects of hydrological research, 1953, ; Aggressive waters, 1954, ; The chemistry of water, 1963, ; The hygiene of water, 1967