Rudolf Christian Böttger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German chemist
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Place of Birth: Aschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Rudolf Christian Böttger
- Rudolf Christian Böttger (28 April 1806 – 29 April 1881) 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(I) acetylide Cu2C2 in 1859.
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