Wilhelm Ostwald

Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (commonly just Wilhelm Ostwald) (September 2, 1853 - April 4, 1932) was a German chemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities.

External links and references

• Ostwald bio on Nobel-winners.com
• Gorin, George, "Mole and Chemical Amount: A Discussion of the Fundamental Measurements of Chemistry". J. Chem. Education, vol. 71 No. 2, Feb. 1994
• "The Origin of the Word 'Mole'". ChemTeam.
• Landsitz Energie Grossbothen/Saxony Ostwald and his country seat "Energie" (in English)
• On Catalysis -- Ostwald's Nobel Lecture, (12 Dec. 1909) Fundamental principles of chemical equilibria and rates of reaction.
• History of the International Committee on Atomic Weights
• Clark, F.W.;Annual Report of the International Committee on Atomic Weights (1917) J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1916; 38(11); 2219-2221. Includes note on wartime failure of correspondence with Ostwald