What is Svante Arrhenius?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Svante Arrhenius |image = Arrhenius2.jpg |image_size = 180px |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1859|2|19}} |birth_place = [[Vik, Sweden|Vik]], Sweden |nationality = Swedish |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1927|10|2|1859|2|19}} |death_place = [[Stockholm]], Sweden |field = [[Physics]], [[chemistry]] |work_institution = [[Royal Institute of Technology]] |education = [[Uppsala University]]<br>[[Stockholm University]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Arrhenius equation]]<br>[[Dissociation (chemistry)|Theory of ionic dissociation]]<br>[[Acid-base reactions#Arrhenius definition|Acid-base theory]] |prizes = {{nowrap|[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1903)<br>[[The Franklin Institute Awards|Franklin Medal]] (1920) }} |religion = |footnotes = }} '''Svante August Arrhenius''' (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a [[Nobel Prize]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[scientist]] who made discoveries in [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[earth science]]. Originally he was a [[physicist]], but he won the 1903 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], and was a founder of [[physical chemistry]]. Later in life, he turned to other scientific problems. He was the first person to predict that [[emission]]s of [[carbon dioxide]], from the burning of [[fossil fuel]]s, would cause [[global warming]]. == Early work == His early work was on the [[conductivity]] of [[electrolyte]]s.<ref>The ability of an electrolyte solution to conduct electricity.</ref> In 1884, based on this work, he submitted a 150-page essay on electrolytic conductivity to [[Uppsala|University of Uppsala]] for his [[doctorate]]. It did not impress the professors, and he received a low-class degree. Later, extensions of this work would earn him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The most important idea in the [[thesis]] was his explanation that neither pure [[salt]]s nor pure [[water]] is a [[Electrical conductor|conductor]], but [[solution]]s of salts in water are. Arrhenius' explanation was that in forming a solution, the