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Portrait of Svante Arrhenius

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Portrait of Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927).

Svante Arrhenius is known as one of the founders of Physical Chemistry. In 1903, Arrhenius was the third person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his electrolytic theory of dissociation which states that molecules of acids, bases, and salts dissociate into ions when dissolved in water. In 1905, he was appointed the director of the Nobel Institute for Physical Chemistry.

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  • Series I: Sub-Series I: Georg Bredig Correspondence File, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series II. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 4, Folder 41

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Scientific Biography
Svante August Arrhenius

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“Portrait of Svante Arrhenius.” Wilhelm Engelmann, n.d. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 4, Folder 41. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/zc4tybv.

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