# Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates of the 1920s

Every Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate between 1920 and 1929, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

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- Feb 3, 2023 · don_cuantico
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## Top 10

1. **Walther Hermann Nernst** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — 1920. In recognition of his work in thermochemistry.
2. **Fritz Pregl** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — 1923. For his invention of the method of micro-analysis of organic substances.
3. **Frederick Soddy** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 1921. For his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes.
4. **Heinrich Otto Wieland** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1927. For his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances.
5. **Richard Adolf Zsigmondy** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — 1925. For his demonstration of the heterogeneous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used.
6. **Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1928. For the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins.
7. **Arthur Harden** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1929. For their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes.
8. **The (Theodor) Svedberg** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — 1926. For his work on disperse systems.
9. **Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1929. For their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes.
10. **Francis William Aston** (-2 · ▲2 ▼4) — 1922. For his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule.

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