Ostwald meaning

Toggle navigation. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction. In he entered Dorpat University to study chemistry. He was awarded a PhD in In he was appointed Professor of Chemistry at the Polytechnicum in Riga.

In he patented the Ostwald process for the manufacture of nitric acid which is used in fertilizer production. Ostwald was an "Exchange Professor" at Harvard University in Ostwald's process along with the nitrogen fixing process invented by Haber and Bosch made possible the large-scale production of fertilizers and explosives.

Ostwald pronunciation

Ostwald made breakthroughs in dilution theory and Ostwald's rule is named for him. He first used the word "mole" to define the molecular weight of a substance in mass grams. Ostwald invented a pipette for measuring viscous materials which was named for him. The Ostwald-Folin pipette is commonly used in medical laboratories for pipetting blood.

Father of analytical chemistry

Ostwald was an artist and wrote several articles on color theory. His writings influenced Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian. He was interested in an international language and learned Esperanto. He donated half of the Nobel Prize money to the ido meter.