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Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
German catalysis research institute
The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (FHI) is a science research institute located at the heart of the academic district of Dahlem, in Berlin, Germany.
The original Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, founded in , was incorporated into the Max Planck Society and simultaneously renamed for its first director, Fritz Haber, in
The research topics covered throughout the history of the institute include chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics, colloid chemistry, atomic physics, spectroscopy, surface chemistry and surface physics, chemical physics and molecular physics, theoretical chemistry, and materials science.[1]
During World War I and World War II, the research of the institute was directed towards Germany's military needs.[2]
To the illustrious past members of the Institute belong Herbert Freundlich, James Franck, Paul Friedlander, Rudolf Ladenburg, Michael Polanyi, Eugene Wigner, Ladislaus Farkas, Hartmut Kallmann, Otto Hahn, Robert Havemann, Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Iwan N. Stranski, Ernst Ruska, Max von Laue, Gerhard Borrmann, Rudolf Brill, Kurt Moliere, Jochen Block, Heinz Gerischer, Rolf Hosemann, Kur
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“In peace for mankind, in war for my country.”[1]
Fritz Haber was born in Breslau on December 9, , the son of the Jewish dye merchant Siegfried Haber and his wife, Paula (née Haber: a distant cousin). After finishing school, he studied physics and chemistry in Berlin and Heidelberg. He did his required military service in , and in he received his Ph.D. in Berlin. After that, Fritz Haber received training in the chemical industry, learning about the business and about chemical technology. He converted to Protestantism in In , just turned 30, he was named an assistant professor of physical chemistry at the Technical University of Karlsruhe. In , Haber married the chemist Dr. Clara Immerwahr. He entered into a consulting contract with BASF in , and in , working together with Carl Bosch, he developed a process for synthesizing ammonia on an industrial scale. In , he became one of the founders of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, which he headed until
In World War I, Haber also was head of Chemical Department A 10 at the Prussian Ministry of War. The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry expanded sharply, owing to the research work conducted there on gas warfare and