Born | Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, 2 September [O.S. 21 August]1853, Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Latvia) |
Died | April 4, 1932, Großbothen, Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma, Saxony, Weimar Republic |
Fields | Physical chemistry |
Institutions | Imperial University of Dorpat, Riga Polytechnical Institution, Leipzig University |
Alma mater | Imperial University of Dorpat |
Doctoral students | Arthur Amos Noyes, Georg Bredig, Paul Walden, Frederick George Donnan |
Known for | Catalysis, Coining the term 'Mole', HSL and HSV, Ostwald coefficient, Ostwald color system, Ostwald dilution law, Ostwald process, Ostwald ripening, Ostwald's rule, Ostwald viscometer, Ostwald–Folin Pipette, Ostwald–Freundlich equation, Ostwald–Liesegang cycle, Ostwald–de Waele relationship |
Notable awards | Faraday Lectureship Prize (1904), Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1909) |
About Wilhelm Ostwald
Chemist Wilhelm Ostwald was born on September 2, 1853 in Germany (He dies at the age of 78, on April 4, 1932).
A German chemist who is credited as one of the pioneers of physical chemistry. In 1909, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for finding that chemical reactions have finite speeds and that these rates may be used to calculate acid and base strengths.
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Wilhelm Ostwald before becoming famous
Wilhelm Ostwald was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1853 is also the year of Ox (牛) in the Chinese Zodiac.
He earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of Tartu in Estonia.
Achievement of Wilhelm Ostwald
In 1906, he joined the International Committee on Atomic Weights, where he remained until World War I broke out.
Wilhelm Ostwald's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
With his wife Helene von Reyher, whom he married in 1854, he had five children.
Wilhelm Ostwald Collabed with
In the same year as Physicist Ernest Rutherford, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Wilhelm Ostwald Income & Net worth
Wilhelm Ostwald's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a chemist. Networth of Wilhelm Ostwald in 2024 is 1,000,000$+.
Wilhelm Ostwald Height and Weight
How tall is Wilhelm Ostwald? At the age of 78, Wilhelm Ostwald height is 5'7" (1.7m).
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