Max Bodenstein
Max Bodenstein | |
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 Max Bodenstein | |
| Born | Max Ernst August Bodenstein July 15, 1871 |
| Died | September 3, 1942 (aged 71) Berlin, Germany |
| Education | University of Heidelberg |
| Known for | Bodenstein number, a special type of Peclet number |
| Scientific career | |
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| Thesis | Über die Zersetzung des Jodwasserstoffes in der Hitze (1893) |
| Victor Meyer | |
Doctoral students | Erika Cremer |
Max Ernst August Bodenstein (July 15, 1871 – September 3, 1942) was a German physical chemist known for his work in chemical kinetics. He was first to postulate a chain reaction mechanism and that explosions are branched chain reactions, later applied to the atomic bomb.