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Wilhelm Keim (1 December 1934 – 30 September 2018) was a German chemist and professor of chemistry at the Technical Chemistry and former director of the ''Institute for Technical and Petrol Chemistry'' at 
He studied chemistry at the Münster and Saarbrücken University. He earned his Carl Engler award 1999
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RWTH Aachen
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in Germany
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Wilhelm Keim was one of the key figures in the development of the ''SHOP'' – process (Shell higher olefin process
The Shell higher olefin process (SHOP) is a chemical process for the production of linear alpha olefins via ethylene oligomerization and olefin metathesis invented and exploited by Shell plc.''Industrial Organic Chemistry'', Klaus Weissermel, Hans ...
). SHOP-olefines have a broad range of applications in industrial chemistry, e.g. for the modification of polyethylene
Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic. It is a polymer, primarily used for packaging (plastic bags, plastic films, geomembranes and containers including bott ...
as ethylene-alpha-olefine-copolymere, as source for synthetic fatty alcohols or olefine sulfonates.
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He studied chemistry at the Münster and Saarbrücken University. He earned his PhD
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degree from Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr
Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr (, ; ; ) and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home ...
, having studied under Karl Ziegler
Karl Waldemar Ziegler (; 26 November 1898 – 12 August 1973) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic comp ...
. After several years in the chemical industry he became professor at the RWTH Aachen
RWTH Aachen University (), in German ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen'', is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 47,000 students enrolled in 144 study prog ...
, where he was the director of the Institute for Technical and Petrol chemistry. He retired in 2001.
Keim has received numerous prestigious honours including member of board of the Degussa AG, member of the board of directors of the GDCh (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker) till 1996, chairman of the board of the DGMK Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle e.V., honorary professor of the technical university in Dalian (China), honorary professor of the university in Hangzhou (China), adjunct professor Dharan King Fahd University (Saudi Arabia), Dr. Honoris Causa
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Université Lille Nord de France
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, Dr. Honoris Causa
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, member of Academia Europaea
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, and honorary member of the DECHEMA
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Publications
* Grundlagen der industriellen Chemie : techn. Produkte u. Prozesse / Wilhelm Keim; Arno Behr; Günter Schmitt, (Salle); 3-7941-2553-3 (Sauerländer)References
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