1873 ⟶ Van der Waals Postulates Intermolecular Force

Johannes Diderik van der Waals: was one of the first to post...
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🔬 Willebrord Snellius Formulates the Law of Refraction

Willebrord Snellius: the law of refraction also known as Snell's law.⟶
Willebrord Snellius Formulates the Law of Refraction (1628)
PhysicsOpticsScientific RevolutionMathematics
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🧪 Martinus van Marum Pioneers Electrolysis

Martinus van Marum is the first to use the electrolysis technique.⟶
Martinus van Marum Pioneers Electrolysis (1785)
ChemistryElectricityExperimental PhysicsScientific Revolution
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⚛️ Van der Waals Postulates Intermolecular Force

Johannes Diderik van der Waals: was one of the first to postulate an intermolecular force: the van der Waals force.⟶
Van der Waals Postulates Intermolecular Force (1873)
PhysicsChemistryPhysical Chemistry
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🧪 Van 't Hoff Publishes 'Études de dynamique chimique'

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff: discovered the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions (in his work "Études de dynamique chimique").⟶
Van 't Hoff Publishes 'Études de dynamique chimique' (1884)
ChemistryPhysical ChemistryThermodynamicsScientific Publication
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⚡ Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Discovers Superconductivity

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes: Superconductivity⟶
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Discovers Superconductivity (1911)
PhysicsDiscoveryScientific BreakthroughMaterial ScienceNobel Prize
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⚛️ Quantized Conductance Discovery in Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

Bart van Wees  and colleagues at TU Delft and Philips Research discovered the quantized conductance in a two-dimensional electron gas.⟶
Quantized Conductance Discovery in Two-Dimensional Electron Gas (1988)
PhysicsQuantum MechanicsNanotechnologyElectronics
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