1884 ⟶ Henry Louis Le Chatelier Develops Le Chatelier's Principle
Henry Louis Le Chatelier develops Le Chatelier's principle, ...
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⚖️ Gibbs Publishes on the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances
Josiah Willard Gibbs publishes On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances, a compilation of his work on thermodynamics and physical chemistry which lays out the concept of free energy to explain the physical basis of chemical equilibria.⟶
ThermodynamicsPhysical ChemistryFree EnergyChemical EquilibriumGibbsPhase Rule19th Century Science
United States⚛️ Svante Arrhenius Develops Ion Theory
Svante Arrhenius develops ion theory to explain conductivity in electrolytes.⟶
ChemistryPhysical ChemistryElectrochemistryIon TheorySvante ArrheniusSolution ChemistryElectrolytes19th Century
Sweden⚖️ Henry Louis Le Chatelier Develops Le Chatelier's Principle
Henry Louis Le Chatelier develops Le Chatelier's principle, which explains the response of dynamic chemical equilibria to external stresses.⟶
ChemistryPhysical ChemistryChemical EquilibriumThermodynamicsLe Chatelier's PrincipleHenry Louis Le Chatelier19th Century
France🔬 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Discovers Laws of Chemical Dynamics and Osmotic Pressure
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff: discovered the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions (in his work "Études de dynamique chimique").⟶
ChemistryPhysical ChemistryChemical DynamicsOsmotic PressureJacobus Henricus van 't HoffSolution Chemistry19th Century
Netherlands🔥 Boltzmann Derives Stefan Radiation Law
Boltzmann derives Stefan radiation law⟶
PhysicsThermodynamicsRadiationStefan-Boltzmann LawLudwig Boltzmann19th Century
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