Svante Arrhenius

Svante Arrhenius was a Swedish chemist known for developing the Arrhenius equation, which describes how reaction rates change with temperature. This concept is essential in chemical kinetics and helps explain how different conditions affect chemical reactions, including those in environmental chemistry. He also proposed the idea of electrolytic dissociation, explaining how salts dissolve into ions in solution—fundamental in analytical chemistry. Arrhenius’ work laid the groundwork for understanding acid-base theories and the behavior of gases, influencing various fields such as physical chemistry and spectroscopy, where interactions of light with matter are studied.