Håkon Flood (1905 - 2001) was a professor of
inorganic chemistry at the
Norwegian Institute of Technology in
Trondheim,
Norway, from 1953 to 1975. He also worked as the director of the Institute of Silicate Research (
Institutt for Silikatforskning) at
NTH. Professor Flood was one of the pioneers of molten salt chemistry and, together with
Hermann Lux, is known for the
Lux-Flood theory of acid-base reactions.
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