Svante Arrhenius Facts
Svante Arrhenius Facts
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| Svante Arrhenius was born in Vik, Sweden where his father was a land surveyor for the University of Uppsala. |
| He was educated at the Cathedral school where he became interested in mathematics and physics. |
| In 1876 he the University of Uppsala to study mathematics, physics and chemistry. |
| In 1881 he moved to Stockholm to work at the Academy of Sciences. |
| In 1884 he wrote his thesis titled Investigations on the galvanic conductivity of electrolytes. |
| He had discovered that when electrolytes were dissolved in water they split into positive and negative ions. |
| The ions carried electric current and had chemical activity. |
| The value of his work was clear and it earned him a docentship at the University of Uppsala. |
| From 1886 to 1888 he worked with noted physicists on a travelling fellowship from the Academy of Sciences. |
| His research during these years proved that electrolytic dissociation caused the lowering of the freezing point and the increase of the boiling point of electrolytic solutions. |
| He went on the study the effect of electrolytic dissociation on toxins and antitoxins, and its role in digestion. |
| In 1891 he became a lecturer in physics at Hogskola in Stockholm and in 1895 became the Professor of Physics. |
| In 1905 he started the Nobel Institute for Physical Chemistry. |
| In 1900 he published the Textbook of theoretical electrochemistry. |
| He developed the theory of the importance of the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere and its implications for climate. |
| He studied the Aurora Borealis and in 1903 published his Textbook of cosmic physics. |
| He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1911 and received the Davy Medal. |
| In 1914 he was awarded the Faraday Medal of the Chemical Society. |
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