Chemistry: This Day in Science History - August 11 - Cato Guldberg

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This Day in Science History - August 11 - Cato Guldberg Aug 10th 2011, 22:05 August 11th is Cato Guldberg's birthday. Cato and Peter Waage discovered the chemistry law of mass action. The law of mass action relates the rate of a reaction to the concentration of the reactants. They published their findings in a Norwegian scientific journal and consequently, gained very little recognition for their research. They republished their work in a French journal and the work remained obscure until German chemist, Wilhelm Ostwald published an article that mentioned the law and proved it with experiments of his own. When Dutch chemist Jacobus van't Hoff derived his kinetics equations in 1888 and received credit for the discovery, they republished again in a German journal and finally got the recognition for their work. Find out what else occurred on this day in science history. Follow Chemistry on Facebook or Twitter.

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