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Wilhelm Hisinger

Swedish chemist and mineralogist · Sweden · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1766 to 1852 · aged 85

Wilhelm Hisinger 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.

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This showed that there was at least a qualitative correlation between the chemical and electrical natures of bodies.

Country
Sweden
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1766 to 1852 · aged 85