Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates of the 1920s
The top 3 according to 61 votes from people: Walther Hermann Nernst · Fritz Pregl · Frederick Soddy. (Updated Feb 3, 2023.)
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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Top 10
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Walther Hermann Nernst
1920. In recognition of his work in thermochemistry.
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Fritz Pregl
1923. For his invention of the method of micro-analysis of organic substances.
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Frederick Soddy
1921. For his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes.
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Heinrich Otto Wieland
1927. For his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances.
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Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1925. For his demonstration of the heterogeneous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used.
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Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus
1928. For the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins.
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Arthur Harden
1929. For their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes.
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The (Theodor) Svedberg
1926. For his work on disperse systems.
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Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin
1929. For their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes.
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Francis William Aston
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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Comments (5)
Muy buena selección.
Aston y el espectrómetro de masas.
Nernst y la tercera ley de la termodinámica.
Svedberg y la ultracentrífuga.
Soddy acuñó la palabra «isótopo».