The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963

Karl Ziegler

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Prize share: 1/2

Giulio Natta

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 was awarded jointly to Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta "for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers."

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