Question
This scientist’s contributions to environmental science include an early iteration of panspermia theory in his book Worlds in the Making and his calculation of the Earth’s temperature changing from geometrically rising CO2 concentration. An equation named for this scientist sets a pre-exponential factor times e to the negative activation energy over RT equal to the rate constant. This scientist developed a definition based on whether substances are proton donors or hydroxide donors that is often contrasted with the Lewis and Brønsted-Lowry definitions. For 10 points, a theory of acids and bases was developed by what chemist from Sweden? ■END■
ANSWER: Svante Arrhenius [or Svante August Arrhenius]
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Ethan Furman (DII) | Penn A (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | 39 | 10 |
Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 49 | 10 |
Alex Wong (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | Rowan A (DII) | 49 | 10 |
Sidhant Chaliha (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | Fordham A | 50 | 10 |
Olin Bose (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | Penn B (DII) | 51 | 10 |
Rohit Chintala (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Bard A (UG) | 56 | 10 |
Rico-Ian Banting (UG) | NYU B | Rutgers B | 80 | 10 |
Andrew Yang | Columbia B | Lehigh A (UG) | 98 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 67.17 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 50.86 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 61.25 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 90% | 0% | 20% | 53.11 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 78% | 0% | 22% | 55.29 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 43.60 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 59.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 55.00 |