Friedrich Kohlrausch (physicist)

Friedrich Kohlrausch (physicist)

German physicist and electrochemist (1840–1910)

Died aged 69LibraKingdom of Prussia

Biography

Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (14 October 1840 – 17 January 1910) was a German physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their behaviour. He also investigated elasticity, thermoelasticity, and thermal conduction as well as magnetic and electrical precision measurements.

Nowadays, Friedrich Kohlrausch is classed as one of the most important experimental physicists. His early work helped to extend the absolute system of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber to include electrical and magnetic measuring units.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

  • professor

Employers / organisations

  • Technical University of Darmstadt
  • University of Würzburg
  • University of Göttingen
  • ETH Zurich
  • University of Strasbourg
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Family

Children
Eduard Kohlrausch

Awards & honours (5)

  • Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
  • Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
  • Bunsen Medal
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society
  • honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

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