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The Arrhenius Theory of Acids and Bases

The first person to give a definition for Acids was "Arrhenius". According to him acids were "Proton donors" and bases are known as "Hydroxyl ion donors". He was doing his Phd. in the year 1880. He submitted his papers in the year 1884. He postulated that any "electrolyte" dissolved in water would emit ions. This was not at all accepted by University Professors. He fought for 4 years. He then met a well know chemist Dr. Vant Hoff. Arrhenius somehow convinced him. Dr.Vant Hoff then wrote a letter to the University Professor stating to just give a Phd. degree to Arrhenius. As it was recommended by Dr. Vant Hoff, he was issued a Phd. degree with the lowest grade of "F". But in the year 1902 he was issued the Nobel prize for the very same postulate or experiment.

--MyNameIsPraneeth (talk) 17:23, 15 April 2011 (UTC)