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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.
This is a list of German chemists. A. Georgius Agricola Kurt Alder. Richard Abegg; Friedrich Accum; Franz Karl Achard; Georgius Agricola; Reinhart Ahlrichs; Albertus ...
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.
German chemist (1907 Nobel Prize) German Empire: 1860-05-20 1917-08-13 Munich: Focșani: Q43917: Frederick Hopkins: English biochemist United Kingdom: 1861-06-20 1947-05-16 Eastbourne: Cambridge: Q233976: Julius Pohl: German biochemist and pharmacologist (1861-1942) German Reich: 1861-11-01 1942-09-27 Prague: Eimsbüttel: Q1712891: Arthur ...
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.
August Wilhelm von Hofmann (8 April 1818 – 5 May 1892 [2]) was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the aniline-dye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the groundwork for his student Charles Mansfield's practical methods for extracting benzene and toluene and converting them into nitro compounds and ...
Christian Friedrich Schönbein HFRSE (18 October 1799 – 29 August 1868) was a German-Swiss chemist who is best known for inventing the fuel cell (1838) [1] at the same time as William Robert Grove and his discoveries of guncotton [2] and ozone. [3] [4] He also created the concept of geochemistry in 1838. [5]