- Theodor Svedberg
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name = Theodor Svedberg
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caption =Theodor Svedberg
birth_date = birth date|1884|8|30|df=y
birth_place =Fleräng ,Valbo ,Gävleborg ,Sweden
residence =Sweden
nationality =Sweden
death_date = death date and age|1971|2|25|1884|8|30
death_place =Kopparberg ,Sweden
field =Biochemistry
work_institution =University of Uppsala
alma_mater =University of Uppsala ,Gustaf Werner Institute for Nuclear Chemistry
doctoral_advisor =
doctoral_students =Arne Tiselius
known_for =analytical ultracentrifugation
prizes =Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1926)
religion =
footnotes =.Theodor Svedberg (
August 30 ,1884 –February 25 ,1971 ) was a Swedishchemist and Nobel laureate. His work withcolloid s supported the theories ofBrownian motion put forward by Einstein and the Polish geophysicistMarian Smoluchowski . During this work, he developed the technique ofanalytical ultracentrifugation , and demonstrated its utility in distinguishing pureprotein s 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
*cite journal | title=The Svedberg. 1884-1971 | author=Stig Claesson; Kai O. Pedersen | journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume=18 | pages=594–627. | url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0080-4606%28197211%2918%3C594%3ATS1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1 | doi=10.1098/rsbm.1972.0022 | year=1972
*cite journal | quotes=no | last=Kyle | first=R A | authorlink= | coauthors=Shampo M A | year=1997 | month=Sep | title=Theodor Svedberg and the ultracentrifuge | journal=Mayo Clin. Proc. | volume=72 | issue=9 | pages=830 | pmid=9294529External links
*Svedberg's [http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1926/svedberg-bio.html Nobel Foundation biography]
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