# Ferdinand Münz

> Ferdinand Münz (1888-1969) was an Austrian chemist who first synthesized EDTA at IG Farben in 1935, patented both in Germany (anonymously) and in the USA, with the aim of producing a citric acid substitute, in order to reduce the German government's dependence on imports of chemical products from abroad. Münz noted that an aminocarboxylic acid worked much better as a chelating agent than citric acid and therefore thought that a polyaminopolycarboxylic acid would have worked even better.

*Austrian chemist (1888-1969)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Austria
- **Born:** 1888-06-23
- **Died:** 1969-08-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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