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Nikodem Caro
1871 – 1935
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryNikodem Caro was an industrial chemist and entrepreneur. Caro was born in Łódź, to a prominent Silesian-Jewish family. He studied chemistry in Berlin at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin and got his doctorate from Rostock University. From 1895 on he worked in the Deutsche Dynamit AG with Adolph Frank on the development of calcium cyanamide as a means of fixing nitrogen, hence the Frank-Caro process. Caro became an important figure in the nitrogen fixation industry and a rival of Fritz Haber.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
May 23, 1871
Łódź
Date of death
June 27, 1935
Zurich
Citizenship
Poland · Germany
Occupations & fields
chemistentrepreneuruniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Bunsen Medal
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