About Leo Ubbelohde
Lived 1877 – 1964 (aged 87). Leo Ubbelohde was a German chemist and university teacher.
Leo Ubbelohde (4 January 1877, Hanover – 28 February 1964, Düsseldorf) was a German chemist.
During his career he served as a professor in Karlsruhe and Berlin. He is known for his research on mineral oils, fuels, catalysis and viscosity.
He was the inventor of a suspended-level viscometer used for determining kinetic viscosity, known today as a "Ubbelohde viscometer".
Publications Über Kondensationen der Isatinsäure und des o-Amidobenzaldehyds mit Isonitrosoaceton, (1903) Handbuch der Chemie und Technologie der Öle und Fette : Chemie, Analyse, Gewinnung und Verarbeitung der Öle, Fette, Wachse und Harze. Zur Viskosimetrie. Anhang : Umwandlungs-tabellen für Viskositätszahlen, (1940).
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Who was Leo Ubbelohde?
German chemist (1877-1964)
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Leo Ubbelohde was born on 4 January 1877 in Hanover.
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Leo Ubbelohde died on 28 February 1964 in Düsseldorf.
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Leo Ubbelohde was a chemist and university teacher.
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Leo Ubbelohde was German.
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