The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1931

Carl Bosch

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Prize share: 1/2

Friedrich Bergius

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1931 was awarded jointly to Carl Bosch and Friedrich Bergius "in recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods."

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