Alwin Mittasch | |
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 1928 at Munich | |
| Born | 27 December 1869 |
| Died | 4 June 1953 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig 1901 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Catalysis |
| Institutions | BASF |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Ostwald |
Paul Alwin Mittasch (sorbian: Pawoł Alwin Mitaš) (born 27 December 1869 in Großdehsa/Dažin, today to Löbau, Germany; died 4 June 1953 in Heidelberg, West Germany) was a German chemist and scientific historian of Sorbian descent. He is well known by his pioneering and systematic research in the development of catalysts for the industrial ammonia synthesis using the Haber–Bosch process.[1]
- ^ Thomas., Hager (2008). The alchemy of air: a Jewish genius, a doomed tycoon, and the scientific discovery that fed the world but fueled the rise of Hitler (1st pbk. ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0307351791. OCLC 318867464.