FRITZ HABER (1868 -1934)
“Bread from the Air” Haber-Bosch Process allowed for population growth
Nitrogen Fixing “Bread from Air” 1909 Haber Process 1910 Industrialized by Carl Bosch (Haber-Bosch Process) 1914 process used to manufacture weapons for WW1 1915 Chlorine Gas used in WW1 1917 Mustard Gas used in WW1 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Haber Process allows: 30-40% of world’s population to exist 50% of world’s food to be grown
Gas Attacks, WWI 15,000 casualties, 5,000 killed in one attack Seen as ‘immoral’ and ‘inhuman’
Clara Immerwahr Clara Immerwahr, also a chemist, married Haber First woman to earn a PhD at her university Haber’s use of poison gas led to her suicide Their son also committed suicide after Haber’s death
Chlorine & Mustard Gas Victims
Zyklon A Zyklon B Haber’s patriotism was not good enough for the Nazi’s Haber’s Pesticide was adapted to the Nazi genocide gas, after his death Haber’s relatives became victims
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