Nernst, Walther Hermann
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Nernst, Walther Hermann
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Walther Hermann Nernst.
Walther Hermann Nernst (1864-1941), a German chemist who applied the principles of thermodynamics to the electric cell. He constructed the Nernst Equation, which related the voltage of a cell to the cell's properties. Nernst was awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the Third Law of Thermodynamics, which states that entropy approaches a minimum (which can be arbitrarily set to zero) as temperature approaches absolute zero. Nernst invented an electric metallic-filament lamp, a link between the carbon lamp and the incandescent lamp, in 1898.
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Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Nernst, Walther Hermann". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 22, 2008; Last revised Date August 22, 2008; Retrieved February 10, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Nernst,_Walther_Hermann>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
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