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| }}'''Karl Andreas Hofmann''' (1870 – 1940) was a German inorganic chemist.<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1002/cber.19400731203 | title = Sitzung am 11. November 1940 | year = 1940 | last1 = Weidenhagen | first1 = R. | journal = Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft (A and B Series) | volume = 73 | pages = A157}}</ref> | }}'''Karl Andreas Hofmann''' (1870 – 1940) was a German inorganic chemist.<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1002/cber.19400731203 | title = Sitzung am 11. November 1940 | year = 1940 | last1 = Weidenhagen | first1 = R. | journal = Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft (A and B Series) | volume = 73 | pages = A157}}</ref> He is most well-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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| Karl Andreas Hofmann | |
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| Born | (1870-04-02)2 April 1870 Ansbach, Germany |
| Died | 15 October 1940(1940-10-15) (aged 70) Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Adolf von Baeyer |
Karl Andreas Hofmann (1870 – 1940) was a German inorganic chemist. He is most well-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.
References
- Weidenhagen, R. (1940). "Sitzung am 11. November 1940". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft (A and B Series). 73: A157. doi:10.1002/cber.19400731203.
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