Ludwig Mond
Ludwig Mond | |
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Portrait of Ludwig Mond by Solomon Joseph Solomon, circa 1909 | |
| Born | 7 March 1839 |
| Died | 11 December 1909 (aged 70) Regent's Park, London, England |
| Nationality | German, British by naturalisation |
| Alma mater | University of Marburg University of Heidelberg |
| Known for | Commercial use of the Solvay process Discovery of nickel carbonyl Mond gas Mond process |
| Spouse | Frida Löwenthal |
| Children | Robert Mond Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett |
| Awards | Grand cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy Fellow of the Royal Society (1891) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemist |
| Institutions | Brunner Mond & Company Mond Nickel Company |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann Kolbe Robert Bunsen |
Ludwig Mond FRS (7 March 1839 – 11 December 1909) was a German-born British chemist and industrialist. He discovered an important, previously unknown, class of compounds called metal carbonyls.