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Arrhenius

            Svante August Arrhenius was born in 1859 in Wijk, Sweden and became a founding father of physical chemistry later in life. During his lifetime, he married twice and had 2 sons and 2 daughters. His family later moved to Uppsala before he moved on to go to school in Stockholm. Arrhenius began his work with chemistry with the chemist Edlund. These two worked on electromotive force measurements in spark discharges which helped Arrhenius develop his thesis. From this thesis he was able to deduce that electrolytes come apart into positive and negative ions when in water. According to Arrhenius, acids are substances that contain hydrogen and yield hydrogen ions in aqueous solution. Arrhenius also believes that bases contain the OH group and yield hydroxide ions in aqueous solution. Arrhenius began working with physical chemistry and was awarded a "traveling fellowship award" that allowed him to work with many famous chemists all around the world. Later he became a professor teaching physics in Stockholm. Ostwald and van't Hoff are two other founding fathers of chemistry that Arrhenius earned the respect of. Arrhenius had to turn down a job that Ostwald offered him in Riga due to his father's illness. After retiring Svante Arrhenius became the chief of a Nobel Institute for Physical Chemistry and was awarded with the nobel prize of chemistry. In his many works with chemistry, Arrhenius published quite a few textbooks. Arrhenius was named Foreign member of the Royal Society. He was awarded the Society's Davy medal and the Faraday Medal of the Chemical Society. Svante was recognized by many colleges for his successful studies with physics and chemistry, such as the University of Cambridge. Arrhenius died in October of 1927 and was laid to rest in Uppsala. .
            


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2. acid

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3. Acids And Bases

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5. Ionization Constant of a Weak Acid

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