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Definition von theodor svedberg im Französisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Theodor Svedberg (1884-1971), Swedish chemist, winner of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on colloid chemistry
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Definition von theodor svedberg im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- born Aug. 30, 1884, Fleräng, near Gävle, Swed. died Feb. 25, 1971, rebro Swedish chemist. He won a Nobel Prize in 1926 for his studies in the chemistry of colloids and for his invention of the ultracentrifuge (see centrifuge), which has become invaluable to research in biochemistry and other areas. Svedberg used it to determine precisely the molecular weights of highly complex proteins (e.g., hemoglobin). Later he made studies in nuclear chemistry, contributed to the improvement of the cyclotron, and helped his student Arne Tiselius (1902-71) develop electrophoresis