Eduard Tschunkur
Eduard Tschunkur (born October 21, 1874 in Livonia ; † 1946 ) was a German industrial chemist at IG Farben in Leverkusen who dealt with synthetic rubber .
Tschunkur attended the Polytechnic in Riga . Together with Walter Bock, he developed styrene-butadiene rubber (Buna S, 1929 through emulsion polymerization of butadiene with styrene ) and with Erich Konrad (chemist) and Helmut Kleiner from IG Farben, nitrile rubber (Buna N) (around 1930).
Individual evidence
- ^ Album Academicum of the Riga Polytechnic from 1912
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| SURNAME | Tschunkur, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Livonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1946 |