66 (nylon) and for acrylic glass (polymethyl methacrylate). 1932 Work on the catalytical alkylation with ether for the industrial production of purest dimethylaniline. Conversion of tetrachlorethane to methylene chloride and trichlorethylene. Numerous works on rocket fuels, among others the introduction of the system nitric acid and amines or other fuels. Collaboration during the development of the V-2 rocket in Stromberg. Addition of laughing gas for the substantial increase of flying velocity at high altitudes. Advisory function in France coupled to the further development of the theory of catalytical processes: Sulphuric acid anhydride, formaldehyde, synthesis of ammonia. Numerous studies on the transport properties of gases and liquids, inclusive macromolecules. Author of Transportphänomene I (Viskosität und Diffusion), Bd. II, Teil 5a (1969) of Landolt-Börnstein Zahlenwerte und Funktionen aus Physik, Chemie, Astronomie, Geophysik und Technik. 6. Aufl. In 1927 he demonstrated that methane and ammonia react in the presence of oxygen at about 1200 °C over a platinum catalyst:CH4 + NH3 + 1.5O2 -> HCN + 3H2OThe energy needed for the reaction is provided by the part oxidation of methane and ammonia. Patents (pdf) References External links German chemical engineers 1896 births 1988 deaths 20th-century German chemists Latvian chemists 20th-century German inventors 20th-century Latvian inventors University of Latvia alumni Members of the French Academy of Sciences Baltic-German people White Russian emigrants to Germany