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Walther Nernst
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| Born | 25 June 1864 Briesen, Kreis Thorn, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
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| Died | 18 November 1941 (aged 77) Zibelle, Landkreis Rothenburg, Gau Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany
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| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Zürich Friedrich Wilhelm University University of Graz Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg |
| Known for | Third Law of Thermodynamics Nernst lamp Nernst equation Nernst glower Nernst effect Nernst heat theorem Nernst potential Nernst–Planck equation Nernst's distribution law |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in chemistry (1920) Franklin Medal (1928) |
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| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Georg August University of Göttingen Friedrich Wilhelm University Leipzig University |
| Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Kohlrausch |
| Other academic advisors | Ludwig Boltzmann |
| Doctoral students | Sir Frances Simon Richard Abegg Irving Langmuir Leonid Andrussow Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Frederick Lindemann William Duane Margaret Eliza Maltby Arnold Eucken |
| Other notable students | Gilbert N. Lewis Max Bodenstein Robert von Lieben Kurt Mendelssohn Theodor Wulf Emil Bose Hermann Irving Schlesinger Claude Hudson |
| Influenced | J. R. Partington |
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Walther Hermann Nernst ForMemRS (25 June 1864 – 18 November 1941) was a German chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid state physics. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way for the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is also known for developing the Nernst equation in 1887.
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Walther Nernst in 1889.
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Nernst 1912, portrait by Max Liebermann
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