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Carl Josef Bayer

Austrian chemist (1847-1904) · Scientists · Died at 57

Carl Josef Bayer was a chemist from Austria-Hungary who invented and named the Bayer process of extracting alumina from bauxite, essential to this day to the economical production of aluminium.

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Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1847 to 1904 · aged 57