Ion

: This article is about the electrically charged particle. For other uses of this word, see ion (disambiguation).

History

Ions were first theorized by Michael Faraday around 1830, to describe the portions of molecules that travel either to an anode or to a cathode. However, the mechanism by which this was achieved was not described until 1884 by Svante August Arrhenius in his doctoral dissertation to the University of Uppsala. His theory was initially not accepted but his dissertation won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1903.

Related Topics:
Michael Faraday - Svante August Arrhenius - University of Uppsala - Nobel Prize in Chemistry - 1903

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