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Karl Andreas Hofmann

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German chemist (1870-1940)

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Karl Andreas Hofmann 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.

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Scientists
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Lived 1870 to 1940 · aged 70
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