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Also Known As Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald
Born September 2, 1853 • Riga • Latvia
Died April 4, 1932 (aged 78) • near Leipzig • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1909)
Notable Family Members son Wolfgang Ostwald
Subjects Of Study catalysis • chemical equilibrium • chemical reaction • reaction mechanism • reaction rate • Ostwald process

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Carl Bosch
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Langmuir, Irving
Irving Langmuir
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Svante Arrhenius, 1918.
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Paul J. Flory
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Sir Derek H.R. Barton.
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