Karl Waldemar Ziegler:
Karl Waldemar Ziegler was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.
Birth:
November 26, 1898 Helsa, Germany
Death:
August 12, 1973 in Mülheim, Germany
Claim to Fame:
Ziegler was a German chemist who shares the 1963 Nobel Prize with Giulio Natta for their contributions into polymers. They developed the Ziegler-Natta catalyst to create polymer chains of 1-alkenes. These catalysts are usually either titanium or organometallic aluminum and are used to create polymers such as polypropylene, polyethylene and polyacetylene.
