Julius Thomsen

A Life in Chemistry and Beyond

Helge Kragh (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

404 Seiten

2016
Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab (Verlag)
978-87-7304-401-8 (ISBN)

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Julius Thomsen (1826-1909) was a prominent Danish chemist who acquired fame for his systematic and meticulous measurements of the thermal effects associated with chemical processes. For this work he received numerous honours, among them the Davy Medal from the Royal Society. Apart from his position as one of the founders of classical thermodynamics, he also has a place in the history of chemical technology due to his invention of a method of producing soda from the Greenlandic mineral cryolite.

This invention resulted in a major industrial enterprise which was of great importance to Danish economy. Keenly interested in the electrical sciences, Thomsen constructed a new type of battery which for a while attracted international attention. Last but not least, he made significant contributions to the understanding of the periodic system in terms of the hypothesis of composite atoms. He ended his career by questioning if argon was really a chemical element.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.04.2022
Reihe/Serie	Scientia Danica, Series M. Mathematica Et Physica
Verlagsort	Kobenhavn V
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
ISBN-10	87-7304-401-6 / 8773044016
ISBN-13	978-87-7304-401-8 / 9788773044018
Zustand	Neuware