Wilhelm Hisinger | |
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 Wilhelm Hisinger in Nordisk familjebok | |
| Born | 23 December 1766 |
| Died | 28 June 1852 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Known for | Discovery of cerium |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | chemistry, physics, geology, mineralogy |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Hising. |
Wilhelm Hisinger (23 December 1766 – 28 June 1852) was a Swedish physicist and chemist who in 1807, working in coordination with Jöns Jakob Berzelius, noted that in electrolysis any given substance always went to the same pole, and that substances attracted to the same pole had other properties in common.[1] This showed that there was at least a qualitative correlation between the chemical and electrical natures of bodies.
- ^ Berzelius, and Hisinger, W. (1803). In Neues allg. J. Chem. 1, 115-49 (reprinted in Ann. Phys. 27, 270-304 (1807).