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| Born | Theodor H. E. Svedberg 30 August 1884 Fleräng, Valbo, Gävleborg, Sweden |
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| Died | 25 February 1971 (aged 86) Kopparberg, Sweden |
| Nationality | Sweden |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Alma mater | University of Uppsala |
| Doctoral students | Arne Tiselius |
| Known for | analytical ultracentrifugation |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1926) |
Theodor H. E. Svedberg (30 August 1884 – 25 February 1971) was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate. His work with colloids supported the theories of Brownian motion put forward by Einstein and the Polish geophysicist Marian Smoluchowski. During this work, he developed the technique of analytical ultracentrifugation, and demonstrated its utility in distinguishing pure proteins one from another.
The unit svedberg (symbol S), a unit of time amounting to 10-13 s or 100 fs, is named after him.
References
- Stig Claesson; Kai O. Pedersen (1972). "The Svedberg. 1884-1971". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 18: 594–627.. doi:, http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0080-4606%28197211%2918%3C594%3ATS1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1.
- Kyle, R A; Shampo M A (September 1997). "Theodor Svedberg and the ultracentrifuge". Mayo Clin. Proc. 72 (9): 830. PMID 9294529.
External links
- Svedberg's Nobel Foundation biography
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