law of Guldberg and Waage

law of Guld·​berg and Waa·​ge

-ˈgu̇lˌbergənˈvägə

: law of mass action

Word History

Etymology

after Cato M. Guldberg †1902 Norwegian chemist and mathematician and Peter Waage †1900 Norwegian chemist, its formulators

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