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German alchemist co-developed a process for the production of Prussian blue
A Short History of PLEXIGLAS®
The chemist Dr. Otto Röhm officially registered the brand PLEXIGLAS® in the trademark register on August 9, 1933
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100th Anniversary: Death of Ernst Otto Beckmann
German pharmacist and chemist well-known for the discovery of the Beckmann rearrangement and the development of the Beckmann differential thermometer
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Severo Ochoa and the Synthesis of RNA
Spanish biochemist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for work on polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase)
Raw Material Change in the Chemical Industry
Shifting from coal, gas, and oil to the use of renewable materials and atmospheric CO2
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The balloon is certainly not the most important product based on rubber, but it may be the prettiest
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Paul Bunge Prize 2023 for Robert W. Smith
Award honors studies on the history of scientific instruments
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Justus von Liebig: Great Teacher and Pioneer in Organic Chemistry and Agrochemistry
German scientist (1803 – 1873) described as a founder of organic chemistry and "father of the fertilizer industry"
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Historical Landmark Status to Justus Liebig Laboratory
EuChemS acknowledges significance of Liebig and his laboratory for the development of chemistry
Physical Chemistry Pioneer: Svante Arrhenius (1859 – 1927)
Swedish Nobel Laureate known for work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation, activation energy, and the pioneering theory of global warming
100th Anniversary: Death of Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Dutch Nobel Laureate and theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist known for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids