Biography:Fritz Hofmann (chemist)
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Short description: German organic chemist (1866–1956)
Fritz Hofmann (Friedrich Carl Albert) (2 November 1866 in Kölleda – 22 October 1956 in Hanover) was a German organic chemist who first synthesized synthetic rubber.
Hofmann studied chemistry in Rostock.[1] On September 12, 1909, he filed a patent for the manufacture of the world's first synthetic rubber.[2]
Honors
- In 1912, Hofmann received the Emil Fischer Medal from the German Chemical Society for his research on synthetic rubber.
See also
- Sergei Vasiljevich Lebedev
References
- ↑ See entry of Fritz Hofmann in Rostock Matrikelportal
- ↑ "[[Lanxess]] documentation". http://webmagazine.lanxess.com/en/lanxess-webmagazine-homepage/100-years-of-high-tech/100-years-of-high-tech/page-3.html.
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