Ignatz Stroof

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Ignatz Stroof (born April 8, 1838 in Cologne , † November 12, 1920 in Griesheim am Main ) was a German chemist and industrialist.

Education and professional career

After attending high school in Cologne, Stroof studied chemistry and engineering in Karlsruhe and Giessen. After completing his studies, he took up a job at the Austrian Association for Chemical and Metallurgical Production in the Bohemian town of Aussig and, after a short professional stopover in Belgium, became the technical director of the Chemical Factory Griesheim (CFG) near Frankfurt am Main in 1871 . In 1899 he became a member of the supervisory board of BASF in Ludwigshafen. In 1901 he became a member of the supervisory board of Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron AG (CFGE), which was created in 1898 from the merger of CFG and Chemische Fabrik Elektron AG. He was also a member of the supervisory board of "Ilse" Bergbau-AG for many years .

Worked for the CFG

Under Stroof, CFG built a plant for the production of nitro compounds in Griesheim in 1881. In 1884 he began with experiments in the field of chlor-alkali electrolysis , where he also worked as a designer. In 1888 a test facility was set up in Griesheim. Stroof played a major role in the transfer of electrolysis processes to the chemical industry. In 1893, the CFG established an electrolysis company in Bitterfeld , where Walther Rathenau was busy building his electrochemical works at the same time.

Activity in clubs and associations

Stroof was one of the co-founders of the association for the protection of the interests of the chemical industry in Germany, of which he became an honorary member in 1904.

Titles and honors

Stroof was organized by the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Berlin with the honorary degree of Doctor phil. hc and from the Technical University of Stuttgart with the Dr.-Ing. E. h. excellent. In 1911 Stroof received the golden Bunsen commemorative coin from the Bunsen Society for Applied Physical Chemistry for his services to the technical electrolysis of chlor-alkalis and their introduction into large-scale chemical industry. In Bitterfeld and Frankfurt-Griesheim streets bear his name.