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Karl Ziegler

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Karl Waldemar Ziegler was a German chemist who lived from 1898 to 1973. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, jointly with Giulio Natta, for his work on polymers, recognized by the Nobel Committee for research on organometallic compounds that led to new polymerization reactions and new industrial processes. He is also known for his work on free radicals, many membered rings, and organometallic compounds, and for developing the Ziegler-Natta catalyst.

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Birth Year
1898 1
Death Date
1973-08-12 1
Death Year
1973 1
Death Place
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany 1
Nationality
Germany 1
Birthplace
Helsa, Germany 1
Field
Field (category)
Chemistry 1
Field (category)
Engineering 1
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1. Karl Ziegler (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +1973-08-12T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +1973-08-12T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Germany
    Q183
  • P20 (place of death): Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
    Q2899
  • P19 (place of birth): Helsa, Germany
    Q622846
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Karl Ziegler (Wikipedia)
  • Member Of: Max Planck Society, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: Goethe University Frankfurt; University of Heidelberg; University of Halle-Saale; Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung; University of Chicago
  • Works In: Chemistry, Lead sentence
    Karl Waldemar Ziegler (; 26 November 1898-12 August 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers.
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