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Wilhelm Keim (1 December 1934 – 30 September 2018) was a German chemist and professor of chemistry at the Technical Chemistry and former director of the ''Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry'' at RWTH Aachen in Germany.
Wilhelm Keim was one of the key figures in the development of the ''SHOP'' – process ( Shell higher olefin process). SHOP-olefines have a broad range of applications in industrial chemistry, e.g. for the modification of polyethylene as ethylene-alpha-olefine-copolymere, as source for synthetic fatty alcohols or olefine sulfonates.
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He studied chemistry at the Münster and Saarbrücken University. He earned his Carl Engler award 1999
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He studied chemistry at the Münster and Saarbrücken University. He earned his PhD PHD or PhD may refer to:
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degree from Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
The Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (german: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung) is an institute located in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany specializing in chemical research on catalysis. It is one of the 86 institutes in the Max Plan ...
in Mülheim an der Ruhr
Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home to many compan ...
, having studied under Karl Ziegler. After several years in the chemical industry he became professor at the RWTH Aachen, where he was the director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol chemistry. He retired in 2001.
Keim has received numerous prestigious honours including member of board of the Degussa AG, member of the board of directors of the GDCh
The German Chemical Society (German: ', GDCh) is a learned society and professional association founded in 1949 to represent the interests of German chemists in local, national and international contexts. GDCh "brings together people working in che ...
(Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker) till 1996, chairman of the board of the DGMK Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle e.V., honorary professor of the technical university in Dalian (China), honorary professor of the university in Hangzhou (China), adjunct professor Dharan King Fahd University (Saudi Arabia), Dr. Honoris Causa
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Université Lille Nord de France, Dr. Honoris Causa
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, member of Academia Europaea, and honorary member of the DECHEMA./ref>
Publications
* Grundlagen der industriellen Chemie : techn. Produkte u. Prozesse / Wilhelm Keim; Arno Behr ; Günter Schmitt, (Salle) ; 3-7941-2553-3 (Sauerländer)References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keim, Wilhelm 1934 births 2018 deaths People from Oberhausen 20th-century German chemists Members of Academia Europaea Academic staff of RWTH Aachen University Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences