The Process for the production of liquid hydrocarbons was developed by F. Bergius in 1913; answer to Guess the Chemist (24)
100th Anniversary: Bergius Process
100th Anniversary of the First PVC Patent
Production method for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) first patented 100 years ago by Friedrich Klatte; answer to Guess the Chemist (20)
250th Birthday: Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin
Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin discovered chromium and beryllium; answer to Guess the Chemist (17)
Faster-than-Light Travel in 50 Years
50 years until Zefram Cochrane’s test flight of The Phoenix, Earth’s first warp ship; answer to Guess the Chemist 16
50th Anniversary: Supercritical Fluid Extraction
Kurt Zosel, Germany, first patented supercritical fluid extraction in 1963; answer to Guess the Chemist (15)
200th Anniversary: Anders Ekeberg’s Death
Anders Ekeberg discovered the element tantalum despite being partially sighted and deaf; answer to Guess the Chemist (14)
145th Birthday: Theodore William Richards
Theodore W. Richards provided accurate masses for 30 elements, the first experimental evidence of isotopes; answer to Guess the Chemist (13)
145 Years of Dynamite
Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel after an accident at a nitroglycerin factory killed his brother; answer to Guess the Chemist (11)
350th Anniversary: Blaise Pascal's Death
Blaise Pascal contested the idea that nature abhors a vacuum and is the answer to Guess the Chemist (8)
10th Anniversary: Archer Martin's Death
Celebrating the life of A. Martin, pioneer of partition chromatography and answer to Guess the Chemist (7), on the anniversary of his death