Chemist no. 120 of 350 · Biochemistry

Artturi Virtanen

1895-1973FinlandNobel Chemistry 1945

AIV fodder preservation, nitrogen fixation

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Artturi Virtanen: Preserving Green Fodder and Understanding Nitrogen Fixation

How Artturi Virtanen invented AIV fodder preservation, studied nitrogen fixation in legume root nodules and won the 1945 Chemistry Nobel. Notes for exams.

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Biography

Artturi Virtanen: The Finnish Chemist Who Taught Cows and Clover to Work Together

Life of Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish biochemist who invented AIV fodder preservation and studied nitrogen fixation, winning the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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