Lars Onsager
Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist (1903-1976)
Yale University
Kristiania
Lars Onsager was a Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968.
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Lars Onsager was a Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968.
Top Publications
- Reciprocal Relations in Irreversible Processes. I. (1931) - 6,694 citations
- Crystal Statistics. I. A Two-Dimensional Model with an Order-Disorder Transition (1944) - 6,567 citations
- Reciprocal Relations in Irreversible Processes. II. (1931) - 5,416 citations
- Electric Moments of Molecules in Liquids (1936) - 5,350 citations
- THE EFFECTS OF SHAPE ON THE INTERACTION OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES (1949) - 4,970 citations
At a glance
- Full name
- Lars Onsager
- Born
- 1903-11-27
- Died
- 1976-10-05
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5060039934
Research interests
- Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions, Thermodynamic properties of mixtures, Diffusion Coefficients in Liquids, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions
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- Reciprocal Relations in Irreversible Processes. I. ↗1931 · Physical Review6,694OpenAlex citations
- Crystal Statistics. I. A Two-Dimensional Model with an Order-Disorder Transition ↗1944 · Physical Review6,567OpenAlex citations
- Reciprocal Relations in Irreversible Processes. II. ↗1931 · Physical Review5,416OpenAlex citations
- Electric Moments of Molecules in Liquids ↗1936 · Journal of the American Chemical Society5,350OpenAlex citations
- THE EFFECTS OF SHAPE ON THE INTERACTION OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES ↗1949 · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences4,970OpenAlex citations
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- Reciprocal Relations in Irreversible Processes. I. ↗1931 · Physical Review
- Crystal Statistics. I. A Two-Dimensional Model with an Order-Disorder Transition ↗1944 · Physical Review
- Reciprocal Relations in Irreversible Processes. II. ↗1931 · Physical Review
- Electric Moments of Molecules in Liquids ↗1936 · Journal of the American Chemical Society
- THE EFFECTS OF SHAPE ON THE INTERACTION OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES ↗1949 · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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Awards & honors
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1968) — for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes
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