1. Max Bodenstein was first to postulate a chain reaction mechanism and that explosions are branched chain reactions, later applied to the atomic bomb.
16 Facts About Max Bodenstein
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Max Bodenstein was born in Magdeburg on 15 July 1871 as the eldest son of Magdeburg merchant and brewer Franz Bodenstein and his first wife Elise Meissner.
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In 1888, Max Bodenstein enrolled at the University of Heidelberg at the age of 17 to study chemistry with Carl Remigius Fresenius.
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Max Bodenstein studied organic chemistry and catalysis in flowing systems and discovered diffusion controlled catalytic reactions and photochemical reactions with Karl Liebermann at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg, and physical chemistry with Walther Nernst at the University of Gottingen.
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In 1896, Max Bodenstein returned to the University of Heidelberg, where he studied decomposition of hydrohalic acids and their formation.
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In 1900, Max Bodenstein became Lecturer at the physicochemical institute of Wilhelm Ostwald at University of Leipzig.
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Max Bodenstein kept these positions until he retired in 1936.
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Max Bodenstein was member of the "German Atomgewichtskommission" and co-editor of the journal "Physikalische Chemie".
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Max Bodenstein is considered to be one of the founders of chemical kinetics.
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Max Bodenstein started by detailed experimental work on the formation of hydrogen iodide.
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Max Bodenstein's technique was to mix hydrogen and iodine in a sealed tube, which he placed in a thermostat and held at a constant high temperature.
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Max Bodenstein's work, published in 1899, was one of the first equilibrium investigations over an extended temperature range.
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Max Bodenstein investigated in photochemistry, being first to demonstrate that, in the reaction of hydrogen with chlorine, the high performance could explain by means of a chain reaction.
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Max Bodenstein explored in great detail the reaction mechanism of reaction between hydrogen and chlorine.
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In 1924, Max Bodenstein became fellow of the Gottingen Academy of Sciences.
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In 1896, Max Bodenstein married Marie Nebel, daughter of the lawyer Frederick Nebel and Mary Busch, in Heidelberg.