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Svante Arrhenius
Explaining ions in solution and calculating an early link between carbon dioxide and climate.
Electrolytic dissociation · Reaction rates
- Born
- 19 February 1859
- Birthplace
- Vik, Sweden
- Died
- 2 October 1927
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Svante Arrhenius
Svante Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist whose research helped establish physical chemistry and influenced later climate studies.
Early life
Early numbers
Showed strong mathematical interests while growing up near Uppsala.
University
Studied at Uppsala before carrying out research in Stockholm.
Career
- 1884
Doctoral thesis
Proposed that dissolved substances could separate into charged particles.
- 1895
Stockholm professor
Became professor of physics.
- 1905
Nobel Institute
Became its founding director.
Contributions
Electrolytic dissociation
Explained the electrical behaviour of solutions.
Reaction rates
Related the speed of reactions to temperature.
Carbon dioxide calculation
Estimated how atmospheric carbon dioxide could change temperature.
Beyond the lab
Popular science
Wrote books explaining scientific ideas to wider audiences.
Family
Had children from two marriages.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Further source ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Photogravure Meisenbach Riffarth & Co. Leipzig.. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
