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Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted

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on 22 February 1879. His mother died shortly after his birth, and his father died when Brønsted was 14 years old; he then moved to Copenhagen with his older sister and his stepmother. In 1897, Brønsted began his studies as a chemical engineer at the Polytechnic Institute in
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solutions and carried out an extensive series of solubility measurements. These measurements led him to establish general laws which were later confirmed when the
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Later in his career, Brønsted kept studying reaction kinetics, with a special focus on reactions taking place in
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Brønsted married Charlotte Warberg, whom he met during his first degree. The couple had four children. In
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in 1947, but he was too ill to take his seat and died shortly after the election.
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theory of acid–base reactions, but both theories remain commonly used.
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Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
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"The Brönsted memorial lecture". 348: 565: 291:Brønsted is best known for his work on 245:and being appointed as a fellow of the 167:[joˈhænˀəsne̝koˈlɛːusˈpʁɶnsteð] 704: 429: 276:Early in his career, Brønsted studied 595: 177:who is best known for developing the 165: 521: 403: 16:Danish physical chemist (1879–1947) 13: 14: 758: 732:University of Copenhagen alumni 650: 623: 313:Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory 260:, Brønsted's opposition to the 179:Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory 110:Specific ion interaction theory 102:Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory 722:People from Varde Municipality 589: 559: 499:Kilder til Dansk Kunsthistorie 487: 461: 380: 1: 435:Journal of Chemical Education 341: 35:Portrait of Johannes Brønsted 631:"Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted" 601:"The uniqueness of hydrogen" 495:"Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted" 361:"Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted" 338:by fractional distillation. 251:National Academy of Sciences 188: 7: 271: 264:led to his election to the 106:Brønsted catalysis equation 10: 763: 159:Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted 23:Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted 152: 142: 132: 125: 115: 97: 87: 65: 40: 28: 21: 727:Danish physical chemists 583:10.1002/recl.19230420815 228:University of Copenhagen 216:University of Copenhagen 147:University of Copenhagen 636:Encyclopædia Britannica 617:10.1002/jctb.5000420302 366:Encyclopædia Britannica 278:chemical thermodynamics 527:"Prof. J. N. BrØnsted" 303:(proton donor) to the 328:non-aqueous solutions 193:Brønsted was born in 417:10.1039/JR9500000409 249:and a member of the 241:nominations, a gold 682:1920Natur.106Q.144B 599:(19 January 1923). 543:1948Natur.161..269B 447:1938JChEd..15..151. 297:acid–base reactions 286:Debye–Hückel theory 224:inorganic chemistry 664:(September 1920). 336:isotope separation 280:and later studied 243:H. C. Ørsted Medal 137:Physical chemistry 120:H. C. Ørsted Medal 525:(February 1948). 455:10.1021/ed015p151 293:reaction kinetics 266:Danish parliament 214:in 1902 from the 156: 155: 127:Scientific career 754: 696: 695: 693: 691:10.1038/106144c0 654: 648: 647: 645: 643: 627: 621: 620: 593: 587: 586: 563: 557: 556: 554: 552:10.1038/161269a0 519: 510: 509: 507: 505: 491: 485: 484: 482: 480: 465: 459: 458: 431:Oesper, Ralph E. 427: 421: 420: 401: 392: 391: 390:. The Biography. 384: 378: 377: 375: 373: 357: 332:George de Hevesy 317:Gilbert N. Lewis 315:. 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Varde
Denmark
Copenhagen
Denmark
Danish
Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
Brønsted catalysis equation
Specific ion interaction theory
H. C. Ørsted Medal
Physical chemistry
University of Copenhagen
[joˈhænˀəsne̝koˈlɛːusˈpʁɶnsteð]
Danish
physical chemist
Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
Martin Lowry
Varde
Denmark
Copenhagen
magister degree
chemistry
University of Copenhagen
physical
inorganic chemistry
University of Copenhagen
Yale University
Nobel prize
H. C. Ørsted Medal
Royal Society

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