Typical Quote by Wilhelm Ostwald

All reaction is limited by, and dependant on, what it is reacting against.

— Anonymous

The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of the rate…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

A catalyst is a substance which alters the velocity of a chemical reaction without appearing in the final products.

— Wolfgang Ostwald

The distinction between the old and the new formulations consisting in the incorporation of the concept of the rate of chemical reactions is so…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

Faced with this general consideration it will immediately be realized on inquiry into the particular position occupied within this general scheme by the scientific…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

This success led my theoretical group to the chemical reactivity theory, extending more and more widely the range of compound and reactions that were…

— Kenichi Fukui

Through the continued accumulation of detailed and reliable knowledge about elementary reactions, we will be in a better position to understand, predict and control…

— Yuan T. Lee

I was also interested in formulating the path of chemical reactions.

— Kenichi Fukui

Since it is proposed to regard chemical reactions as electrical transactions in which reagents act by reason of a constitutional affinity either for electrons…

— Christopher Kelk Ingold

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

— William S. Burroughs

For every action there is a reaction.

— Sir Isaac Newton

A series of vibrations. What does it matter, the source of the catalyst?

— Wayne Shorter