Friedrich Kohlrausch (physicist)
| Friedrich Kohlrausch | |
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Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (1840-1910)
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| Born |
14 October 1840 Rinteln |
| Died |
17 January 1910 (aged 69) Marburg |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions |
University of Frankfurt/Main Darmstadt University University of Würzburg Strasbourg University Humboldt University |
| Alma mater |
University of Erlangen University of Göttingen |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Eduard Weber |
| Doctoral students |
Walther Nernst Margaret Eliza Maltby |
| Other notable students | Svante Arrhenius |
| Known for | Work on electrolytes |
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He was the son of Rudolf Kohlrausch, the grandson of Friedrich Kohlrausch, and the nephew of Otto Kohlrausch.
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University of Frankfurt/Main
University of Göttingen
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (14 October 1840 – 17 January 1910) was a German physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their behaviour. He also investigated elasticity, thermoelasticity, and thermal conduction as well as magnetic and electrical precision measurements.
Nowadays, Friedrich Kohlrausch is classed as one of the most important experimental physicists. His early work helped to extend the absolute system of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber to include electrical and magnetic measuring units.
Son of Rudolf Kohlrausch, Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch was born on October 14, 1840, in Rinteln, Germany. After studying physics at Erlangen and Göttingen, Friedrich Kohlrausch completed his doctorate in Göttingen.
After a two-year work as a lecturer in Frankfurt, Kohlrausch was appointed a professor of physics at the University of Göttingen (1866–70). During 1870 Kohlrausch became a professor at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. One year later, he moved to the Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany.
In 1875 he responded to an offer from the University of Würzburg in southern Germany, where he subsequently conducted his experiments in quantity determination and the conductivity of electrolytes. From 1888 he researched and taught at Strasbourg University.
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