Arrhenius Svante August

Ar·rhe·ni·us

 (ə-rē′nē-əs, ə-rā′-), Svante August 1859-1927.
Swedish physicist and chemist. He won a 1903 Nobel Prize for his electrolytic theory of dissociation.
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Ar·rhe·ni·us

(ə-rē′nē-əs), Svante August 1859-1927.
Swedish physicist and chemist who first explained the process by which ions are formed or separated. He also investigated osmosis, toxins, and antitoxins.
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