Arrhenius

[ ahr-rey-nee-oos ]

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Svan·te Au·gust [svahn, -te , ou, -g, oo, st], 1859–1927, Swedish physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903.

Arrhenius

/ aˈreːniʊs /

ArrheniusSvante August18591927MSwedishSCIENCE: chemistSCIENCE: physicist Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903

Arrhenius

/ ə-rē′nē-əs /

Swedish physicist and chemist who developed the theory of electrolytic dissociation, which explained the process by which ions are formed or separated. For this work he was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1903. He also investigated osmosis, toxins, and antitoxins.

In 1896 a Swedish scientist named Svante Arrhenius published a new idea.

The lower plate in an Arrhenius cell is covered with concentrated hydrochloric acid.

Arrhenius made a calculation of the effect, taking into account all the rather involved changes produced by the salt.

He has trained in his laboratory Arrhenius, Nernst, and many others of almost equal eminence.

The second column of the table gives the mean heights in metres above sea level of the several continents, as cited by Arrhenius.

This resemblance had often been noted before Arrhenius elaborated his hypothesis.

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