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Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

institution, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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The Max Planck Institute for Coal Research is a research institution located in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. This institute is part of the larger Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, which is Germany's official scientific research organization headquartered in Munich. The Mülheim institute is known for significant discoveries, including the Fischer-Tropsch process for liquefying coal and the Ziegler process for producing polyethylene plastics. Mülheim an der Ruhr itself is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, historically an important industrial center with a focus on heavy industry, chemicals, and formerly coal mining.12

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