Friedrich Kohlrausch (physicist)

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Friedrich Kohlrausch
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (1840–1910)
Born	(1840-10-14)14 October 1840 Rinteln
Died	17 January 1910(1910-01-17) (aged 69) Marburg
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Erlangen University of Göttingen
Known for	Work on electrolytes Conductometry Kohlrausch bridge
Awards	Pour le Mérite (1896) ForMemRS (1895)
Scientific career
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	University of Frankfurt/Main University of Göttingen ETH Zurich Darmstadt University University of Würzburg Strasbourg University Humboldt University
Doctoral advisor	Wilhelm Eduard Weber
Doctoral students	Walther Nernst Erasmus Kittler
Other notable students	Svante Arrhenius
Notes
He was the son of Rudolf Kohlrausch, the grandson of Friedrich Kohlrausch, and the nephew of Otto Kohlrausch.

Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (14 October 1840 – 17 January 1910) was a German physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their behaviour. He also investigated elasticity, thermoelasticity, and thermal conduction as well as magnetic and electrical precision measurements.

Nowadays, Friedrich Kohlrausch is classed as one of the most important experimental physicists. His early work helped to extend the absolute system of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber to include electrical and magnetic measuring units.