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			{{Infobox scientist
			\| name = Svante Arrhenius
			\| image = Svante Arrhenius portrait.jpg
			\| caption = Svante Arrhenius
			\| birth_date = 19 February 1859
			\| birth_place = Vik, Sweden
			\| death_date = 2 October 1927
			\| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden
			\| fields = Physical chemistry, physics
			\| known_for = Electrolytic dissociation, Arrhenius equation, greenhouse-effect calculations
			\| awards = Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903)
			}}

	'''Svante August Arrhenius''' (1859-1927) was a Swedish scientist, originally trained as a physicist and later known as one of the founders of physical chemistry. He received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on electrolytic dissociation, which explained how salts and other substances can form ions in solution.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Svante Arrhenius \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svante_Arrhenius \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 \|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1903/summary/ \|website=NobelPrize.org \|access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref>		'''Svante August Arrhenius''' (1859-1927) was a Swedish scientist, originally trained as a physicist and later known as one of the founders of physical chemistry. He received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on electrolytic dissociation, which explained how salts and other substances can form ions in solution.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Svante Arrhenius \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svante_Arrhenius \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 \|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1903/summary/ \|website=NobelPrize.org \|access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Swedish scientist and founder of physical chemistry}}

'''Svante August Arrhenius''' (1859-1927) was a Swedish scientist, originally trained as a physicist and later known as one of the founders of physical chemistry. He received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on electrolytic dissociation, which explained how salts and other substances can form ions in solution.<ref>{{cite web |title=Svante Arrhenius |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svante_Arrhenius |website=Wikipedia |access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1903/summary/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref>

== Scientific work ==
Arrhenius proposed that certain compounds separate into charged particles when dissolved in water. This theory of electrolytic dissociation gave a physical explanation for electrical conductivity in solutions and became an important step in the development of modern chemistry.

His name is also associated with the Arrhenius equation in chemical kinetics and with early scientific work on the greenhouse effect. In the context of atomic and plasma physics, his ion theory is most directly relevant because it connected chemical behavior with charged microscopic constituents.

== Relevance to quantum and atomic physics ==
Arrhenius's work clarified the role of ions in solutions and helped establish the idea that matter can contain mobile charged species. This concept remains important for atomic physics, plasma physics, electrochemistry, radiation detection, and the interpretation of ionized matter.

== See also ==
* [[Physics:Quantum atoms/ion|Ion]]
* [[Physics:Quantum matter/plasma|Plasma]]
* [[Physics:Quantum atoms/electron|Electron]]

== References ==
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