Walther nernst biography definition
Walther Hermann Nernst was born in Briesen, West Prussia, on June 25, His father, Gustav Nernst, was a district judge.
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Walther Nernst
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Walther Hermann Nernst (1864-1941) | |
Born | June 25 1864(1864-06-25) Briesen, West Prussia/Pomerania |
Died | November 18 1941 (aged 77) Zibelle, Germany |
Residence | Germany |
Nationality | German |
Field | Physicist |
Institutions | University of Göttingen University of Berlin |
Alma mater | University of Zürich University of Berlin University of Graz University of Wurzburg |
Academic advisor | Friedrich Kohlrausch |
Notable students | Sir Frances Simon, Richard Abegg, Irving Langmuir |
Known for | Work on electrolytes |
Notable prizes | Nobel Prize in chemistry (1920) |
Walther Hermann Nernst (June 25, 1864 – November 18, 1941) was a German chemist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodied in the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Nernst helped establish the modern field of phys