Bismuth
notes: label: Description
content: Carl Bosch (1874-1940) was a German chemist who, having developed the Fritz Haber ammonia process on an industrial scale, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1931. Bosch was also an enthusiastic mineralogist and, in the aftermath of World War II, his extensive collection was confiscated by the United States military. This collection was released to Bosch’s descendants in 1966, and they sold it to the Smithsonian for $250,000. This sample is from that source. A tag reads “S549 Bismuth / Bosch collection, Braubach Germany.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0329.04
label: accession number
content: 1988.0329
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0329.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineral Sample
label: Object Name
content: Bismuth
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.9 cm x 2 cm x 1.3 cm; 1 9/16 in x 13/16 in x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 3.81 cm x 2.54 cm