| | Walther Nernst -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Walther Hermann Nernst (June 25, 1864 - November 18, 1941) was a (A person of German nationality) German (A scientist who specializes in chemistry) chemist who helped establish the modern field of (The branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances) physical chemistry. |
| | Nernst researched ((physical chemistry) the pressure exerted by a solution necessary to prevent osmosis into that solution when it is separated from the pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane) osmotic pressure and (Branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions) electrochemistry. |
| | His Nernst glower, important in the field of (The use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra) spectroscopy, is a solid-body radiator with a filament of rare-earth oxides. |
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