Onsager. Lars

ONSAGER, LARS (1903-1976). A Norwegian chemist who won the Nobel pnze for chemistry in 1968. He studied and wrote on the theory of electrolytic conduction and theory of dielectrics. He also worked with stiperfluids and crystal statistics and reciprocal relations in irreversible processes. After receiving his doctorate in Norway, he came to the U.S. and became a citizen. See also Dielectric Theory. 

Onsager, Lars. The Motion of Ions Principles and Concepts, Science 166 (1969) 1359. 

Onsager, Lars (1903-76) Norwegian-born American chemist. Onsager made several important contributions to theoretical chemistry and physics. In 1926 he improved on the Debye-Hiickel theory of electrolytes by taking the Brownian motion of ions into account. He subsequently investigated the dielectric constants of matter that contains polar molecules. In 1931 he published fundamental work on nonequilibrium thermodynamics. He was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize for chemistry for this work. 

Onsager, Lars, U.S.A., Yale University, New Haven, CT "For the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes."... 

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