Letter from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, December 1894
- 1894-Dec-22
Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) suggests that Georg Bredig (1868-1944) conduct a distillation experiment using a solution of two liquids with very different molecular weights.
Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901 van’t Hoff received the first Nobel prize in Chemistry “in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions.” Around 1894, Georg Bredig completed a portion of his post-doctoral work in van’t Hoff’s laboratory in Amsterdam.
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Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus). “Letter from Jacobus H. Van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, December 1894,” December 22, 1894. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 2, Folder 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/lov7iu9.
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Amsterdam. 20. Dezember 1894
Geehrter Herr Doktor!
Ein entscheidender Versuch, den Sie vielleicht einmal nachher machen können, wär’ wahrscheinlich Destillation einer Mischung von zwei stark in Mol.gewicht verschiedenen Flüssigkeiten, etwa TCM3 und H2O. Durch Zentrifugalkraft muß dann fast nur TMC3 übergehen, durch Temperaturdifferenz beid er berechenbaren Mengen.
Achtungsvoll
J. van’t Hoff
Amsterdam, 20 December 1894
Dear Doctor,
A significant experiment that you might be able to conduct later would be the distillation of a mixture of two liquids with very different molecular weights, such as TCM3 and H2O. On account of the centrifugal force, only TMC3 would overflow due to the temperature difference between the two calculable quantities.
Respectfully,
J. van't Hoff
