Theodor Grotthuss
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 202 years ago |
Date of birth | January 20,1785 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Leipzig |
Germany | |
Date of died | March 26,1822 |
Died | Geduciai |
Butniunai | |
Lithuania | |
Parents | Dietrich Ewald von Grotthuß |
Elisabeth Eleonore von Grotthuss | |
Fields | Electrochemistry |
Photochemistry | |
Job | Chemist |
Education | École Polytechnique |
Known for | Explanation of electrolysis by the Grotthuss mechanism |
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ID | 1793924 |
Theodor Grotthuss Life story
Freiherr Christian Johann Dietrich Theodor von Grotthuss was a Baltic German scientist known for establishing the first theory of electrolysis in 1806 and formulating the first law of photochemistry in 1817. His theory of electrolysis is considered the first description of the so-called Grotthuss mechanism.