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Theodor Grotthuss

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Gender Male
Death202 years ago
Date of birth January 20,1785
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Leipzig
Germany
Date of died March 26,1822
DiedGeduciai
Butniunai
Lithuania
ParentsDietrich Ewald von Grotthuß
Elisabeth Eleonore von Grotthuss
Fields Electrochemistry
Photochemistry
Job Chemist
Education École Polytechnique
Known forExplanation of electrolysis by the Grotthuss mechanism
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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.

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