Peter Waage

Peter Waage was a Norwegian chemist best known for developing the law of mass action with his brother, Cato Guldberg, in 1864. This scientific principle states that at equilibrium, the rate of a chemical reaction depends on the concentrations of the reactants, meaning reactions tend to proceed in ways that balance forward and reverse processes. Waage’s work laid the foundation for modern chemical kinetics and equilibrium theory. His contributions helped scientists better understand how chemical reactions behave, which is essential in fields like chemistry, pharmacology, and industrial manufacturing.