Rudolf Christian Böttger

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1806 – 1881

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Who was Rudolf Christian Böttger?

Rudolf Christian Böttger was a German inorganic chemist. He conducted most of his research at the University of Frankfurt am Main. He is credited with discovery of nitrocellulose in 1846, independently to Schönbein, and with the synthesis of the first organocopper compound copper acetylide Cu2C2 in 1859.

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Born
Apr 28, 1806
Aschersleben
Nationality
  • Germany
Education
  • Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
  • Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Died
Apr 29, 1881
Frankfurt

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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