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Richard Wolffenstein
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Intro | German chemist |
A.K.A. | Рихард Вольфенштейн |
Was | Chemist Professor Educator |
From | Mongolia |
Field | Academia Science |
Gender | male |
Birth | 21 August 1864, Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg |
Death | 5 June 1929, Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg (aged 64 years) |
Star sign | Leo |

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Richard Wolffenstein (21 August 1864 – 5 June 1926) was a German chemist.
He discovered acetone peroxide in 1895 by reacting acetone with hydrogen peroxide.
The Wolffenstein-Böters reaction, which he discovered in 1913, was an alternative production method for explosives.
Biography
Wolffenstein studied in Leipzig, Heidelberg, Munich and Berlin. He was awarded his doctor title in 1888, and became an assistant at the veterinary hochschule in Berlin, and later in Breslau under Albert Ladenburg. In 1893, he returned to the Technical Hochschule, now called the Technical University of Berlin, where he gained his habilitation in 1895 and became professor of chemistry in 1921.
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https://zenodo.org/record/1425800/files/article.pdf
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https://zenodo.org/record/1426501
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https://d-nb.info/gnd/117436186
http://isni.org/isni/0000000080954410
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010120185
http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/p133334945
https://viaf.org/viaf/15546490
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/containsVIAFID/15546490
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