Leo Ubbelohde Explained

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.^[1]

He was the inventor of a suspended-level viscometer used for determining kinetic viscosity, known today as a "Ubbelohde viscometer".^[2]

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).^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.personenlexikon.net/d/ubbelohde-leo/ubbelohde-leo.htm
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=TD3TeErQD-oC&dq=%22Ubbelohde+Viscometer%22&pg=PA29 Viscosity of Liquids: Theory, Estimation, Experiment, and Data by Dabir S. Viswanath
3. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83-826463 Worldcat Identities