Friedrich Kohlrausch (physicist)

Friedrich Kohlrausch
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (1840–1910)
Born(1840-10-14)14 October 1840
Died17 January 1910(1910-01-17) (aged 69)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Erlangen
University of Göttingen
Known forWork on electrolytes
Conductometry
Kohlrausch bridge
AwardsPour le Mérite (1896)
ForMemRS (1895)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsUniversity of Frankfurt/Main
University of Göttingen
ETH Zurich
Darmstadt University
University of Würzburg
Strasbourg University
Humboldt University
Doctoral advisorWilhelm Eduard Weber
Doctoral studentsWalther Nernst
Erasmus Kittler
Other notable studentsSvante 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.