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    Johannes Diderik van der Waals (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈɦɑnəz ˈdidərɪk fɑn dər ˈʋaːls] ; 23 November 1837 – 8 March 1923) was a Dutch theoretical physicist...
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    The van der Waals force quickly vanishes at longer distances between interacting molecules. Named after Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, the...
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    The van der Waals equation, named for its originator, the Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, is an equation of state that extends the ideal...
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  • distance of closest approach for another atom. It is named after Johannes Diderik van der Waals, winner of the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics, as he was the first...
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  • singer-songwriter Henk van der Waal (born 1960), Dutch poet Joan van der Waals (1920–2022), Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837–1923), Dutch...
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  • The following table lists the Van der Waals constants (from the Van der Waals equation) for a number of common gases and volatile liquids. To convert...
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  • needed] Also referred to as a van der Waals envelope, the van der Waals surface is named for Johannes Diderik van der Waals, a Dutch theoretical physicist...
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  • Van der Waals strain is strain resulting from Van der Waals repulsion when two substituents in a molecule approach each other with a distance less than...
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    notched and rugged. The satellite crater Van der Waals W is attached to the exterior of the northeast, and Van der Waals H intrudes into the rim along the southeast...
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    A Van der Waals molecule is a weakly bound complex of atoms or molecules held together by intermolecular attractions such as Van der Waals forces or by...
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  • Intermolecular force (category Johannes Diderik van der Waals)
    directional, stronger than a van der Waals force interaction, produces interatomic distances shorter than the sum of their van der Waals radii, and usually involves...
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    German physician and botanist, studied Japanese flora and fauna Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837–1923) Dutch theoretical physicist, winner of the 1910...
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  • Prize–winning physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals. He was an avid sailor and has made trips to the polar circle and Argentina. Van der Waals turned 100 on...
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    winners: Tobias Asser, Christiaan Eijkman, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Pieter Zeeman, and Frits Zernike. The University of...
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  • to Jan van der Waals and Lena Alida Maria Loorij, Peter Waals was the nephew of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals. Trained...
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    liquefied. Decades later, in 1873 Dutch theoretical scientist Johannes Diderik van der Waals demonstrated that these gases could be liquefied, but only under...
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    Theorem of corresponding states (category Johannes Diderik van der Waals)
    } : Molar mass [kg⋅mol−1] Van der Waals equation Equation of state Compressibility factors Johannes Diderik van der Waals equation Noro-Frenkel law of...
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    Discoveries by the School of Van der Waals and Kamerlingh Onnes. (Edita—the Publishing House of the Royal, 2002, 318 pp) van Delft, Dirk (2007) Freezing...
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  • {\displaystyle p=k_{\rm {H}}\,c} Real gas law This was formulated by Johannes Diderik van der Waals in 1873. Lagouge, Michel. "History of Gas Laws" (PDF). "Torricelli's...
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    Legacy of van der Waals in 1973. He followed it up with further works on Johannes Diderik van der Waals, including a 1988 translation of van der Waals' doctoral...
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    discovery of the Zeeman effect. Five years later, in 1908, he succeeded Van der Waals as full professor and Director of the Physics Institute in Amsterdam...
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    Simon van der Meer (24 November 1925 – 4 March 2011) was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo...
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    Beernaert; Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant 1910 Johannes Diderik van der Waals Otto Wallach Albrecht Kossel Paul Heyse International Peace...
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    pressure, P r {\displaystyle P_{r}} , was first recognized by Johannes Diderik van der Waals in 1873 and is known as the two-parameter principle of corresponding...
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    equipment. In 1955, he became an assistant to Prof. Michels of the Van Der Waals laboratory in Amsterdam. Michels was an experimental physicist, working...
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  • appears blue. 1873: Johannes Diderik van der Waals: was one of the first to postulate an intermolecular force: the van der Waals force. 1873: Frederick...
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    telegraphy" Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918)  German Empire 1910 Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837–1923)  Netherlands "for his work on the equation of state...
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  • Peace, 1911 Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Physics, 1910 Pieter Zeeman, Physics, 1902 Hendrik Lorentz, Physics, 1902 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Chemistry...
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    "Das Phasenkontrastverfahren bei der mikroskopischen Beobachtung". Zeitschrift für technische Physik. 16: 454–457. Van Cittert, P. H. (1934). "Die Wahrscheinliche...
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    Genootschap ter bervordering van Natuur-, Genees- en Heelkunde of the University of Amsterdam and the Kosmos-Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde respectively)...
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