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Alwin Mittasch was a German chemist as well as scientific historian of Sorbian descent. He succeeded above all by his pioneering and systematic research in the development of catalysts. His work led to the industrial relevance of ammonia synthesis in the Haber–Bosch process.

✵ 27. December 1869 – 4. June 1953
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Alwin Mittasch Quotes

“Chemistry without catalysis would be a sword without a handle, a light without brilliance, a bell without sound.”

Alwin Mittasch

Alwin Mittasch, as cited in: Ralph Edward Oesper, "Alwin Mittasch," Journal of Chemical Education (1948), 25, 532.

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