Ludwig Mond

Ludwig Mond
Portrait of Ludwig Mond by Solomon Joseph Solomon, circa 1909
Born(1839-03-07)7 March 1839
Kassel, Hesse-Kassel, German Confederation
Died11 December 1909(1909-12-11) (aged 70)
Regent's Park, London, England
NationalityGerman, British by naturalisation
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
University of Heidelberg
Known forCommercial use of the Solvay process
Discovery of nickel carbonyl
Mond gas
Mond process
SpouseFrida Löwenthal
ChildrenRobert Mond
Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
AwardsGrand cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy
Fellow of the Royal Society (1891)
Scientific career
FieldsChemist
InstitutionsBrunner Mond & Company
Mond Nickel Company
Doctoral advisorHermann Kolbe
Robert Bunsen

Ludwig Mond FRS (7 March 1839 – 11 December 1909[1]) was a German-born British chemist and industrialist.[2] He discovered an important, previously unknown, class of compounds called metal carbonyls.

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