Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research

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The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research was a German scientific research institute focused on coal chemistry and related industrial applications, operating under the umbrella of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in the early to mid-20th century.

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instanceOf research institute
scientific organization
affiliation German industrial sector
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
alsoKnownAs Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kohlenforschung
country Germany
director Franz Fischer
Karl Ziegler
employerOf Franz Fischer
Hans Tropsch
Karl Ziegler
fieldOfWork catalysis
coal chemistry
industrial chemistry
organic chemistry
focus coal research
industrial applications of coal
foundedBy Franz Fischer
historicalPeriod early 20th century
mid-20th century
inception 1912
knownFor Fischer–Tropsch process
languageOfWork German
locatedIn German Empire
Mülheim
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Nazi Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Weimar Republic
West Germany
notableAchievement contributions to synthetic gasoline production
pioneering work in organometallic catalysis foundations
operatedBy Kaiser Wilhelm Society
partOf German chemical research network
Kaiser Wilhelm Society
purpose applied research on coal utilization
support for German energy and chemical industries
renamedAs Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
renamingDate 1949
researchArea coal hydrogenation
conversion of coal to liquid fuels
researchContribution development of catalytic processes
polymerization catalysis groundwork
synthetic fuel production from coal
startOfOperations 1913
successor Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

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Kaiser Wilhelm Society hasPart Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
Benjamin List employer Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
linked to: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
Benjamin List workplace Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
linked to: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
Karl Ziegler employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
Fischer–Tropsch process developedAt Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research successor Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
linked to: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research renamedAs Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
linked to: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research alsoKnownAs Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Kohlenforschung
linked to: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research