Arrhenius

American  

[ahr-rey-nee-oos] / ɑrˈreɪ niˌʊs /

noun

1. Svante August 1859–1927, Swedish physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903.

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Arrhenius British  

/ aˈreːniʊs /

noun

1. Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903

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Arrhenius Scientific  

/ ə-rē′nē-əs /

1. Swedish physicist and chemist who developed the theory of electrolytic dissociation, which explained the process by which ions are formed or separated. For this work he was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1903. He also investigated osmosis, toxins, and antitoxins.

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Example Sentences

Then in 1896, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius took it one step further and calculated that changes in carbon dioxide may affect the climate.

From Seattle Times

In the 1890s, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius here calculates the temperature effect of a doubling of atmospheric CO2, showing that burning fossil fuels would likely warm the planet.

From Reuters

Forty-eight years before that—in 1890—Svante Arrhenius had discovered it, warning that the world's industrial processes emitted carbon dioxide that caused the planet's atmosphere to warm.

From Salon

The dependence of reaction rates on temperature, including the rates of enzymatic reactions, is described by the Arrhenius equation5.

From Nature

Swedish Nobel Prize–winning chemist Svante Arrhenius estimated the rise in global temperatures as an effect of widespread coal burning in 1896.

From Scientific American