Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm

John Shorter, University of Hull, Hull, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002893

1853–1932 German chemist who, with van't Hoff and Arrhenius, established physical chemistry as a discipline.

Keywords: physical chemistry; catalysis; conductivity; electromotive force

 Further Reading
    book Ostwald W (1885–1887) Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Chemie (2 vols). Leipzig, Germany: Engelmann.
    book Ostwald W (1894) Die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen der analytischen Chemie. Leipzig, Germany: Engelmann.
    book Ostwald W (1900) Grundlinien der anorganischen Chemie. Leipzig, Germany: Engelmann.
    Donnan FG (1933) Ostwald Memorial Lecture. Journal of the Chemical Society 316–332.

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Shorter, John(Apr 2001) Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002893]