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van't Hoff

[ vahnt hawf ]

noun

  1. Ja·co·bus Hen·dri·cus [yah-, koh, -b, œ, s hen-, dree, -k, œ, s], 1852–1911, Dutch chemist: Nobel Prize 1901.

van't Hoff

/ vɑnt ˈhɔf /

noun

  1. van't HoffJacobus Hendricus18521911MDutchSCIENCE: chemist Jacobus Hendricus (jaːˈkoːbys hɛnˈdriːkœs). 1852–1911, Dutch physical chemist: founded stereochemistry with his theory of the asymmetric carbon atom; the first to apply thermodynamics to chemical reactions: Nobel prize for chemistry 1901

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