Chemistry
- Glauber's salt by Johann Rudolf Glauber (German-Dutch alchemist and chemist) in 1625.
- Eupione by Carl Reichenbach.
- Paraffin wax was identified by Carl Reichenbach in 1830.
- Caesium by Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
- Rubidium by Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
- Indium by Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymous Theodor Richter in 1863-1864.
- Germanium by Clemens Winkler in 1886.
- Bohrium at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research between 1981 and 1996.
- Meitnerium at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research on August 29, 1982.
- Hassium at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in 1984.
- Darmstadtium by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg, under the direction of professor Sigurd Hofmann, on November 9, 1994, at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt.
- Roentgenium at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research on December 8, 1994.
- element Uranium, dicsovered by Martin Heinrich Klaproth
- Zirconium by Martin Heinrich Klaproth
- Oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first) by Carl Wilhelm Scheele
- Identification of molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydrogen and chlorine by Carl Wilhelm Scheele
- Phenol
- Pittacal
- Opioids including morphine, methadone, oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, nicomorphine, desomorphine, dihydrocodeine, dipropanoylmorphine, hydromorphinol, heterocodeine, and a number of others.
- Cocaine
- Amphetamines
- Barbiturates
- Methadone by Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart (IG Farben)
- Urea by Friedrich Wöhler in 1828
- Haber process by Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch
- Paal–Knorr synthesis by Carl Paal and Ludwig Knorr
- Bunsen burner by Robert Bunsen
- Pinacol coupling reaction by Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig
- Ostwald process by Wilhelm Ostwald
- Diels–Alder reaction by Otto Diels and Kurt Alder
- Wittig reaction by Georg Wittig
- Coal liquefaction by Friedrich Bergius
- Büchner flask and Büchner funnel
- Erlenmeyer flask
- Petri dish
- Schlenk flask
- Prussian blue by Heinrich Diesbach
- Zyklon B by Walter Heerdt, Bruno Tesch, others, at Degesch
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