Karl Ziegler

Karl Ziegler

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963

“for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers”

Karl Ziegler was a German chemist. He developed catalysts used in the polymerization of olefins. He shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers.

Field
Chemistry · Polymer Chemistry
Lifespan
1898–1973