Karl Rehn
Karl Rehn was a German chemist .
The plastic polypropylene was synthesized for the first time in March 1954 by Rehn in the Hoechst color works and at the same time by the chemist Giulio Natta together with Paolo Chini at the Politecnico di Milano . Rehn used a Ziegler catalyst for the synthesis . Hoechst decided against a patent. The Italian company Montecatini started industrial production in 1957. In 1963 Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Web links
- Polymer Pioneers
- Plastic, elastic, fantastic by Georg Schwedt, page 126
- Patents in which Rehn was involved
Individual evidence
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 , accessed December 27, 2017.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rehn, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Germany |