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Nikodem Caro (; 23 May 1871, Łódź, then Russian Empire – 27 June 1935, Rome, Italy) was an industrial
/ref> Caro is the author of many works about various elements, synthesis a chemical compounds actions e.g. ''Gewinnung von Chlor und Salzsäure'' (1893), ''Landwirtschaftliche Untersuchungen'' (1895), ''Handbuch für Acetylen'' (1904),Caro, N., A. Ludwig und J. H. Vogel
Handbuch für Acetylen in technischer und wissenschaftlicher Hinsicht. Braunschweig 1904. ''Die Torflager als Kraftquellen'' (1907).
After Hitler's rise to power he left Berlin, emigrating through Switzerland to Italy. Caro died in 1935 and was buried in Zürich.
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Nikodem Caro (; 23 May 1871, Łódź, then Russian Empire – 27 June 1935, Rome, Italy) was an industrial chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...
and entrepreneur. Caro was born in Łódź, and studied chemistry in Berlin at the Royal Technical College of Charlottenburg (now Technical University of 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
Calcium cyanamide is the inorganic compound with the formula CaCN2. It is the calcium salt of the cyanamide () anion. This chemical is used as fertilizer and is commercially known as nitrolime. It was first synthesized in 1898 by Adolph Frank an ...
as a means of fixing nitrogen, hence the Frank-Caro process. Caro became an important figure in the nitrogen fixation
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular nitrogen (), with a strong triple covalent bond, in the air is converted into ammonia () or related nitrogenous compounds, typically in soil or aquatic systems but also in industry. A ...
industry and a rival of Fritz Haber.
Caro also contributed to the production of combat gases used by German troops during World War I. After the war he became the first president of Bayerische Stickstoffwerke AG.Degussa/ref> Caro is the author of many works about various elements, synthesis a chemical compounds actions e.g. ''Gewinnung von Chlor und Salzsäure'' (1893), ''Landwirtschaftliche Untersuchungen'' (1895), ''Handbuch für Acetylen'' (1904),
Handbuch für Acetylen in technischer und wissenschaftlicher Hinsicht. Braunschweig 1904.
See also
* Heinrich Caro, inventor of the "Caro's acid" (peroxymonosulfuric acid
Peroxymonosulfuric acid, , also known as persulfuric acid, peroxysulfuric acid, or Caro's acid. In this acid, the S(VI) center adopts its characteristic tetrahedral geometry; the connectivity is indicated by the formula HO–O–S(O)2–OH. It is ...
)
* Poison gas in World War I
External links
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References
1871 births 1935 deaths Polish chemists 19th-century German chemists Polish Sephardi Jews 20th-century German chemists People from Łódź Emigrants from Congress Poland to Germany {{Germany-chemist-stub