Walther Nernst

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry chemist human physical chemist

Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for formulating the Nernst equation and contributing fundamentally to thermodynamics and electrochemistry.

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Label	Occurrences
Walther Nernst canonical	15
Hermann Nernst	1
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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ physical chemist ⓘ
awardReceived	Davy Medal ⓘ IET Faraday Medal ⓘ surface form: Faraday Medal Franklin Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts ⓘ surface form: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1864-06-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1941-11-18 ⓘ
educatedAt	Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ University of Graz ⓘ University of Würzburg ⓘ University of Zurich ⓘ
employer	Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ University of Göttingen ⓘ University of Leipzig ⓘ
familyName	Walther Nernst self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nernst
fieldOfWork	chemical thermodynamics ⓘ electrochemistry ⓘ physical chemistry ⓘ thermodynamics ⓘ
givenName	Walther ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to the third law of thermodynamics ⓘ development of incandescent gas lamps (Nernst lamp) ⓘ formulation of the Nernst equation ⓘ formulation of the heat theorem ⓘ foundational contributions to electrochemistry ⓘ work on chemical equilibria ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
memberOf	German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina ⓘ surface form: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
notableWork	Nernst equation ⓘ Nernst–Lamp ⓘ heat theorem ⓘ third law of thermodynamics ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Briesen ⓘ West Prussia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Lower Silesia ⓘ surface form: Province of Lower Silesia Zibelle ⓘ
positionHeld	director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Berlin ⓘ professor of physical chemistry ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt → employerOf → Walther Nernst ⓘ

Emil Warburg → hasStudent → Walther Nernst ⓘ

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Bunsen Medal → notableRecipient → Walther Nernst ⓘ

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Otto Sackur → doctoralAdvisor → Walther Nernst ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hermann Nernst

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subject surface form: Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt

Imperial Physical-Technical Institute → notableScientist → Walther Nernst ⓘ