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Erwin Madelung

German physicist (1881–1972)

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Lived 1881–1972, aged 91Germany
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    1881–1972
    Aged 91
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Updated 2026-06-19

Erwin Madelung was a German physicist. He was born in 1881 in Bonn. His father was the surgeon Otto Wilhelm Madelung. He earned a doctorate in 1905 from the University of Göttingen, specializing in crystal structure, and eventually became a professor. It was during this time he developed the Madelung constant, which characterizes the net electrostatic effects of all ions in a crystal lattice, and is used to determine the energy of one ion.

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