The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963
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Karl Ziegler
Prize share: 1/2
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Giulio Natta
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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