About Georg Brauer
Lived 1908 – 2001 (aged 92). Georg Brauer was a German chemist and university teacher.
Georg Karl Brauer (11 April 1908 in Bochum – 26 February 2001 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German chemist.
Life Brauer was the son of the chemist Eberhard Brauer and Elisabeth Brauer, a daughter of Wilhelm Ostwald. From 1926 to 1932, Brauer studied in Leipzig and Freiburg. He received his doctorate under supervision of Eduard Zintl in Freiburg in 1933. In 1941, he received is habilitation at the TH Darmstadt. He investigated binary systems of transition metals, in particular of oxides, nitrides, carbides, and hydrides of niobium, tantalum, and vanadium. His research also focused on oxides of rare-earth metals. Many new compounds and several new structure types (Li3N, Li3Bi, Al3Zr, ThSi2, NbO) were discovered during this research.
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Who was Georg Brauer?
German chemist (1908–2001)
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Georg Brauer was born on 11 April 1908 in Bochum.
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Georg Brauer died on 26 February 2001 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
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Georg Brauer was a chemist and university teacher.
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Georg Brauer was German.
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