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  2. Hans von Pechmann - Wikipedia

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    Hans Freiherr [a] von Pechmann (1 April 1850 – 19 April 1902) was a German chemist, renowned for his discovery of diazomethane in 1894. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pechmann condensation [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and Pechmann pyrazole synthesis . [ 5 ]

  3. Polyethylene - Wikipedia

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    Polyethylene was first synthesized by the German chemist Hans von Pechmann, who prepared it by accident in 1898 while investigating diazomethane. [12] [a] [13] [b] When his colleagues Eugen Bamberger and Friedrich Tschirner characterized the white, waxy substance that he had created, they recognized that it contained long −CH 2 − chains and termed it polymethylene.

  4. List of German inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    1898: Synthesis of polyethylene, the most common plastic, by Hans von Pechmann [159] 1898: First synthesis of purine by Emil Fischer. He had also coined the word in 1884. [160] Early 20th century: Schlenk flask by Wilhelm Schlenk [161] 1900s: Haber process by Carl Bosch and Fritz Haber [133] 1902: Ostwald process by Wilhelm Ostwald [162]

  5. 1898 in science - Wikipedia

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    Polyethylene is first synthesized by German chemist Hans von Pechmann. Exploration. January 30–February 13 ...

  6. Chemical industry in Germany - Wikipedia

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    in 1899 Hans von Pechmann added diazomethane to ether, and noted the formation of polymethylene, a type of polyethylene, identified in 1900 by Eugen Bamberger and Friedrich Tschirner, but had not realised that it has any commercial significance; ICI in Cheshire in England will, in 1933

  7. Timeline of plastic development - Wikipedia

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    Parkesine, the first member of the Celluloid class of compounds and considered the first man-made plastic, is patented by Alexander Parkes. [4] 1869: John Wesley Hyatt discovers a method to simplify the production of celluloid, making industrial production possible. 1872: PVC was accidentally synthesized in 1872 by German chemist Eugen Baumann ...

  8. Underfloor heating - Wikipedia

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    The earliest beginnings of polyethylene-based pipes occur when German scientist, Hans von Pechmann, discovered a waxy residue at the bottom of a test tube, colleagues Eugen Bamberger and Friedrich Tschirner called it polymethylene but it was discarded as having no commercial use at the time. [14] 1904

  9. List of German inventors and discoverers - Wikipedia

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    Hans von Pechmann: Chemist, renowned for his discovery of diazomethane in 1894. Pechmann condensation and Pechmann pyrazole synthesis. Julius Richard Petri: Bacteriologist who is generally credited with inventing the Petri dish while working as assistant to Robert Koch. Emil Pfeiffer: Discovery of Infectious mononucleosis