Nernst, Hermann

NERNST, HERMANN WALTHER (1864-1941). Nernst was a Ger man Chemrst and Physicist. In 1894 he received invitations to the Physics Chairs in Munich and in Berlin, as well as to the Physical Chemistry Chair in Gottingen. He accepted this latter invitation. At Gottingen Nernst founded the Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry and became its Director. In 1905 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry, later of Physics, in the University of Berlin, becoming Director of the newly-founded Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut in 1924. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1933. 

Hiebert, Erwin N. (1978). Nernst, Hermann Walther. In Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. XV, Supplement I, ed. Charles C. Gillispie. New York Scribners. 

Nernst, Hermann Walther (1864-1941) German physical chemist. Nemst is best remembered for his contributions to electrochemistry and for discovering the third law of thermodynamics. His work on electrochemistry included the concept of the solubility product and the use of buffer solutions. In 1906 he stated a theorem concerning the entropy of crystals at absolute zero which, in slightly different form, became known as the third law of thermodynamics. He also studied photochemistry and wrote an influential book entitled Theoretical Chemistry (1893). He was awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize for chemistry. 

Napier John (1550-1617) Scot, math., best known inventor of logarithm, originator of Napier s rules of eircular parts for solution of spherieal triangles and also Napier s bones (antecedent of a logarithmic rule) Nernst Hermann Walther (1864—1941)... 

Walther Hermann Nernst in his laboratory. (Corbis-Bettmann)... 

Haber demonstrated that the production of ammonia from the elements was feasible in the laboratory, but it was up to Carl Bosch, a chemist and engineer at BASF, to transform the process into large-scale production. The industrial converter that Bosch and his coworkers created was completely revised, including a cheaper and more effective catalyst based on extensive studies in high-pressure catalytic reactions. This approach led to Bosch receiving the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1931, and the production of multimillion tons of fertilizer per year worldwide, see also Agricultural Chemistry Catalysis and Catalysts Equilibrium Le Chatelier, Henri Nernst, Walther Hermann Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm. 

Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (1844-1906). 7Walther Hermann Nernst (1864-1941). 

Professor Walter Hermann von Nernst (1864-1941) was one of the pioneers in the development of electrochemical theory and is generally given credit for first stating the third law of thermodynamics. He won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1920 for his contributions to our understanding of thermodynamics. 

Equation (11.1), which gives the relationship between the cell potential and the concentrations of the cell components, is commonly called the Nernst equation after the German chemist Hermann Nernst. 

Nernst, Walther Hermann (1864-1941). Awarded Nobel Prize in 1920 for his work in thermochemistry did basic research in electrochemistry and thermodynamics. 

Walter Hermann Nernst (1864—1941). German chemist and physicist. Nernst s work was mainly on electrolyte solution and diermodynamics. He also invented an electric piano. Nernst was awarded die Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1920 for his contribution to diermodynamics. 

Dividing both sides by -nF, we obtain the Nernst equation, developed by the German chemist Walther Hermann Nernst in 1889 ... 

German chemist and physicist Waither Hermann Nernst (front hoiding viai), recipient of the 1920 Nobei Prize in chemistry, in recognition of his work in thermochemistry. ... 

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