About Karl Andreas Hofmann
Lived 1870 – 1940 (aged 70). Karl Andreas Hofmann was a German chemist and university teacher.
Karl Andreas Hofmann (2 April 1870 – 15 October 1940) was a German inorganic chemist. He is best known for his discovery of a family of clathrates which consist of a 2-D metal cyanide sheet, with every second metal also bound axially to two other ligands. These materials have been named 'Hofmann clathrates' in his honour.
Works Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie . Vieweg, Braunschweig 2nd ed. 1919 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
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German chemist (1870–1940)
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Karl Andreas Hofmann was born on 2 April 1870 in Ansbach.
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Karl Andreas Hofmann died on 15 October 1940 in Charlottenburg.
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Karl Andreas Hofmann was a chemist and university teacher.
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