Cleve's unlnterested response was what Arrhenius had expected. ... However, w hen Arrhenius did it, the disserta tion defense was an open debate, which could be rancorous and humiliating. ... In 1885 Arrhenius began work ing in Ostwald's laboratory, continui ng his research on ions. ... Arrhenius's classic paper "On the Dissociation of Substances in Aque ous Solulhms" was published in 1887. ... Arrhenius's fame spread, and honors were heaped on him, culminating in tile Nobel Prize in chemistry. ...

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The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming The greenhouse effect is a natural occurrence that is directly affected by human activities such as new industrial processes, more extensive agriculture and a rapid increase in the world's population causing global warming. To discuss global warming there...

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Arrhenius acids and bases make up a class of compounds, which include many of many of our most common compounds and laboratory reagents. Acids are substances that reacts with water to produce hydronium ion, H3O+, and bases are substances that produces hydroxide ion, OH-, in water. One comes in conta...

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2000: Conductive polymers Contents Prize motivation 1 Conductive polymers - a surprising discovery 1 What is electrical conductivity? 2 What makes a material conductive? 3 Conductive polymers - the story 4 Applications of conductive polymers 5 Synthesis and processing 6 Mechanism of polymer conductivity - role of doping 6 Molecular electron-transfer theory 11 Electroluminescent polymers - second-generation conductive polymers 13 From silicon physics to molecular electronics 14 References and further reading 15 Prize motivation The Royal Swedish A...

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