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In the first quarter of the nineteenth century the experimental proof for the interdependence of the composition and properties of chemical compounds resulted in the theory that they are mutually related, so that like composition governs like properties, and conversely.


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Author Bio


  • NameWilhelm Ostwald
  • DescriptionBaltic German chemist
  • AliasesFriedrich Wilhelm Ostwald
  • BornSeptember 2, 1853
  • DiedApril 4, 1932
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionChemist; Esperantist; Inventor
  • AwardsFaraday Lectureship Prize; Nobel Prize In Chemistry