Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (bahasa Latvia: Vilhelms Ostvalds; 2 September 1853 – 4 April 1932) adalah seorang kimiawan Jerman. Ia menerima penghargaan Nobel untuk Kimia pada tahun 1909 untuk pekerjaannya di bidang katalisis, ekuililbria kimia dan kecepatan reaksi. Ostwald, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, dan Svante Arrhenius biasanya disebut sebagai pendiri kimia fisik modern.
| Wilhelm Ostwald | |
|---|---|
| Lahir | 2 September 1853 Riga, Latvia |
| Meninggal | 4 April 1932 (umur 78) Leipzig, Jerman |
| Kebangsaan | Jerman |
| Almamater | Universitas Dorpat |
| Dikenal atas | Proses Ostwald Viscometer Ostwald |
| Penghargaan | Penghargaan Nobel Kimia (1909) |
| Karier ilmiah | |
| Bidang | Kimia |
| Institusi | Universitas Dorpat Riga Polytechnicum Universitas Leipzig |
| Pembimbing doktoral | Carl Schmidt |
| Mahasiswa doktoral | Arthur Amos Noyes Georg Bredig Paul Walden |
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- Clark, F.W. (1916). "Annual report of the international committee on atomic weights". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 38 (11): 2219–2221. doi:10.1021/ja02268a001.
- Gorin, G. (1994). "Mole and chemical amount: A discussion of the fundamental measurements of chemistry". J. Chem. Education. 71 (2).
- Patrick Coffey, Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry, Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-532134-0
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- Nobel Lecture On Catalysis from Nobelprize.org website
- Biography Biography from Nobelprize.org website
- Works at the Internet Archive
- "". ChemTeam.
- Landsitz Energie Grossbothen/Saxony 2005-04-01 di Wayback Machine. Ostwald and his country seat "Energie" (in English)
- History of the International Committee on Atomic Weights