Died 1929-09-23.
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Richard Adolf Zsigmondy was an Austrian-born chemist. He was known for his research in colloids, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1925, as well as for co-inventing the slit-ultramicroscope, and different membrane filters. The crater Zsigmondy on the Moon is named in his honour.
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Born 1 April 1865 · Died 23 September 1929 · Q78481
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Died 1929-09-23.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his demonstration of the heterogenous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1925).
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Zsigmondy received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on colloids and the methods he used, such as the ultramicroscope upon which based his investigation on the Purple of Cassius
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As well as for co-inventing the slit-ultramicroscope, and different membrane filters
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Awarded Laura R. Leonard Prize (1923).
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At the University of Göttingen, where he stayed for the rest of his professional career as professor of inorganic chemistry
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Zsigmondy married Laura Luise Müller, with whom he had two daughters, Annemarie and Käthe
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But remained in Jena as private lecturer to conduct his research
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The Schott Glass factory offered him a job which he accepted
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Studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Doctor (1889).
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Zsigmondy published his very first article as a joint publication with his Viennese professor Rudolf Benedikt on a method of determining glycerin
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Born 1865-04-01.
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