Premi Nobel per la Chimica dal 1941 al 1950

	1941 The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
	1942 The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
	1943 George de Hevesy (Hungary, 1.8.1885 - 5.7.1966) Sweden, Stockholm University, "for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes".
	1944 Otto Hahn (Germany, 8.3.1879 - 28.7.1968) Germany, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut, (now Max-Planck Institut) für Chemie, Berlin-Dahlem, "for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei".
	1945 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (Finland, 15.1.1895 - 11.11.1973) Finland, Helsinki University, "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method".
	1946 The Prize was divided, one half being awarded to: James Batcheller Sumner (USA, 19.11.1887 - 12.8.1955) USA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, "for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized".
	the other half jointly to:
	John Howard Northrop (USA, 5.7.1891 - 27.5.1987) USA, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, NJ,
	and
	Wendell M. Stanley (USA, 16.8.1904 - 15.6.1971) USA, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, NJ, "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form".
	1947 Sir Robert Robinson (Great Britain, 13.9.1886 - 8.2.1975) Great Britain, Oxford University, "for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids".
	1948 Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius (Sweden, 10.8.1902 - 29.10.1971) Sweden, Uppsala University, "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins".
	1949 William Francis Giauque (USA, 12.5.1895 - 28.3.1982) USA, University of California, Berkeley, CA, "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures".
	1950 The Prize was awarded jointly to: Otto Paul Hermann Diels (Germany, 23.1.1876 - 7.3.1954) Germany, Kiel University,
	and
	Kurt Alder (Germany, 10.7.1902 - 20.6.1958) Germany, Cologne University, "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis".

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