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Rudolf Christian Böttger (28 April 1806 – 29 April 1881) was a German inorganic chemist. He conducted most of his research at the University of Frankfurt am Main.He is credited with discovery of nitrocellulose in 1846, independently to Schönbein, and with the synthesis of the first organocopper compound copper(I) acetylide Cu 2 C 2 in 1859.
German-Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein created the explosive substance nitrocellulose, or "guncotton", in 1846 by treating cotton fibers with a nitric acid and sulfuric acid mixture. However, guncotton proved to be too fast burning for direct use in firearms and artillery ammunition.
Arthur Eichengrün (13 August 1867 – 23 December 1949) was a German Jewish chemist, materials scientist, and inventor. He is known for developing the highly successful anti-gonorrhea drug Protargol, the standard treatment for 50 years until the adoption of antibiotics, and for his pioneering contributions in plastics: co-developing (with Theodore Becker) the first soluble cellulose acetate ...
Nitrocellulose film on a light box, showing deterioration, from Library and Archives Canada collection. In 1855, the first human-made plastic, nitrocellulose (branded Parkesine, patented in 1862), was created by Alexander Parkes from cellulose treated with nitric acid and a solvent.
Ludwig Brieger (1849–1919, Glatze (now Klodzko, Poland)) was a German physician, pathologist, and chemist. [2] Biography ... German National Library.
This is a list of German chemists. A. Georgius Agricola Kurt Alder. Richard Abegg; Friedrich Accum; Franz Karl Achard; Georgius Agricola; Reinhart Ahlrichs; Albertus ...
Heinrich Gottlob Bertsch (11 January 1897 – 19 March 1981) was a German chemist. [1] He is considered the inventor of the world's first fully synthetic detergent . [ clarification needed ]
Heinrich Mückter (14 June 1914 – 22 May 1987) was a German medical doctor, pharmacologist and chemist. ... Mückter escaped arrest and fled back to Germany. ...