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Fritz Hofmann (chemist)

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Name
  
Fritz Hofmann


Role
  
Chemist

Fritz Hofmann (chemist)

Died
  
October 22, 1956, Hanover, Germany

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.

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Hofmann studied chemistry in Rostock. On September 12, 1909, he filed a patent for the manufacture of the world's first synthetic rubber.

Honors

  • In 1912, Hofmann received the Emil Fischer Medal from the German Chemical Society for his research on synthetic rubber.

    • References

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