Fritz Haber by https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz en-us 2013-06-10 12:48:13 UTC 2026-02-12 02:12:57 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.tvmovie.de/sites/www.tvmovie.de/files/import/images/content/568672/fritz-haber-ein-leben-fuer-deutschland-3544448.jpg zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10597889 Fritz Haber

]]> 2013-06-10 12:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10597889 The Life of Fritz Haber zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598012

Born in Germany 1868

Studied physical chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, Berlin and the Technical College of Charlottenburg

He died of heart failure in 1934

]]> 2013-06-10 12:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598012 Ammonia zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598114 In 1905 Haber put some under high pressure with a catalyst reacted nitrogen gas and 

hydrogen gas to make ammonia, Haber 

Bosch process. The products that came out of that was used in agriculture as

fertilizer as well as explosive. The nitric acid produced from the ammonia was used to produce that.

]]> 2013-06-10 12:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598114 Pince-nez zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598243 His glasses had no arms

]]> 2013-06-10 12:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598243 Chlorine zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598300 Poison gas used in chemical warfare, he supervised its first development. His wife committed suicide because of the tragedy this caused.

Ypres Salient April 22nd 1915- 1600 large steel cylinders and 4150 small ones and fired them across the french trenches causing thousands of casualties

]]> 2013-06-10 13:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598300 Heart zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598426 He died from a heart attack on the way to Switzerland to convalsce

]]> 2013-06-10 13:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598426 Wife zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598438 He married Clara Immerwahr, a fellow chemist. She opposed his work on poison gas and committed suicide with his service revolver in their garden. 

]]> 2013-06-10 13:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598438 Nobel zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598463 He was award the nobel prize in chemistry in 1918 for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements

]]> 2013-06-10 13:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598463 German zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598662 He was born in Germany and was very patriotic

]]> 2013-06-10 13:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10598662 Hero zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10599353 Over a half of the world's food base is nourished by the

fertilizers from Haber-Bosch Process

]]> 2013-06-10 13:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10599353 Villain zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10599431 90,000 people died as direct result of his work

in chemical warfare. Due to his work in researching

pesticides, Zyklon B was derived from this after his death, and this gas was later instrumental in the Holocaust

]]> 2013-06-10 13:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10599431 Failure zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621460 He failed to obtain Gold from seawater but actually paved the way for the extraction of Bromine from seawater.

]]> 2013-06-11 08:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621460 Jew zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621494 He was a Jew but he tried to hide it, he later converted to Christianity but continued to suffer under the taboo of being a known Jew.

]]> 2013-06-11 08:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621494 Explosives zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621531 The oxidation of Ammonia to nitric acid held the key to the synthesis of nitrates and other explosives essential for modern warfare.

]]> 2013-06-11 08:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621531 Father zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621568 He was the son of a prosperous chemical merchant.

]]> 2013-06-11 08:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621568 Incest zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621587 His parents were first cousins

]]> 2013-06-11 08:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621587 Mother zach_korzonek https://padlet.com/zach_korzonek/fritzz/wish/10621600 His mother died during childbirth

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