Carl Bosch
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Carl Bosch was a German chemical engineer who developed industrial methods for producing ammonia and other chemicals on a large scale during the early 1900s. His work was crucial for manufacturing fertilizers that enabled modern agriculture to feed the world's growing population.
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- 1874
- Died
- 1940-04-26
- Works
- 3
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Carl Bosch ( German pronunciation: [kaʁl ˈbɔʃ] ; 27 August 1874 – 26 April 1940) was a German chemist and engineer and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He was a pioneer in the field of high-pressure industrial chemistry and founder of IG Farben, at one point the world's largest chemical company.
He also developed the Haber–Bosch process, important for the large-scale synthesis of fertilizers and explosives. It is estimated that one-third of annual global food production uses ammonia from the Haber–Bosch process, and that this supports nearly half of the world's population. In addition, he co-developed the so-called Bosch-Meiser process for the industrial production of urea.