Bayer, Carl-Josef#
b. Bielsko, Poland (then Bielitz), March 4, 1847, d. Rietzdorf near Celje, Slovenia (then Cilli), Oct. 4, 1904, chemist, devised the so-called Bayer process whereby he broke down bauxite using a bath of sodium hydrate to produce hydrate of alumina. Established factories in Rietzdorf (today in Slovenia), Russia and America.
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