Arrhenius may refer to
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Birgit Arrhenius
Birgit Arrhenius (, born 25 August 1932) is a Swedish archaeologist and professor emeritus at Stockholm University. She was a professor of laboratory archaeology, and the first head of the university's Archaeological Research Laboratory. Her wor ...
(born 1932), Swedish archaeologist
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Carl Axel Arrhenius
Carl Axel Arrhenius (29 March 1757 – 20 November 1824) was an officer in the Swedish army as well as an amateur geologist and chemist. He is best known for his discovery of the mineral ytterbite (later called gadolinite) in 1787.
The disc ...
(1757–1824), Swedish army lieutenant and amateur mineralogist who discovered
ytterbite, a mineral that led to the discovery of
yttrium
Yttrium is a chemical element with the symbol Y and atomic number 39. It is a silvery-metallic transition metal chemically similar to the lanthanides and has often been classified as a " rare-earth element". Yttrium is almost always found in co ...
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Johan Gadolin
Johan Gadolin (5 June 176015 August 1852) was a Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist. Gadolin discovered a " new earth" containing the first rare-earth compound yttrium, which was later determined to be a chemical element. He is also ...
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Niklas Arrhenius
Niklas Arrhenius (born September 10, 1982) is an American-Swedish track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw and shot put. He represented Sweden in the discus at 2008 Summer Olympics, was a four-time competitor at the World Athletic ...
, Swedish discus thrower
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Svante Arrhenius
Svante August Arrhenius ( , ; 19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He received the Nob ...
(1859–1927), Swedish physical chemist and 1903 Nobel laureate
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Arrhenius definition, Svante Arrhenius definition of acids and bases
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Arrhenius equation, Svante Arrhenius formula for modeling the temperature dependence of reaction rate constants
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Arrhenius plot
In chemical kinetics, an Arrhenius plot displays the logarithm of a reaction rate constant, ordinate axis) plotted against reciprocal of the temperature abscissa). Arrhenius plots are often used to analyze the effect of temperature on the rates ...
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Arrhenius (lunar crater)
Arrhenius is a lunar impact crater that is located just on the far side of the Moon, near the southwest limb. In this location the vicinity of the crater can be viewed during favorable librations, although it is viewed from on edge. To the south- ...
, named for Svante Arrhenius
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5697 Arrhenius, main-belt asteroid, named for Svante Arrhenius
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Arrhenius (Martian crater), named for Svante Arrhenius
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Olof Arrhenius (1895–1977), Swedish plant physiologist
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