Biography & contributions
Peter Debye was born on March 24, 1884
Debye was a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate
In 1912 He discovered dielectric constant
In 1915 he showed how temperature alters x-ray diffraction patterns in crystalline solids.
In 1923 while working with Erich Huckel, he introduced the Debye-Huckel equation
In 1936 Debye won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his contributions to the study of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of x-rays and electrons in gases
Awards & Medals
1930, Rumford Medal
1937, Franklin Medal
1963, Priestley Medal
1965, National Medal of Science
He also studied
- Electric conductivity in salt solutions
- Heat capacity of solids
- The theory of polar molecules
- The van der waals forces between molecules
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