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Agnes Pockels

1862 - 1935

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Agnes Luise Wilhelmine Pockels (14 February 1862 – 21 November 1935) was a German chemist whose research was fundamental in establishing the modern discipline known as surface science, which describes the properties of liquid and solid surfaces and interfaces. Pockels became interested in fundamental research in surface science through observations of soaps and soapy water in her own home while washing dishes. She devised a surface film balance technique to study the behavior of molecules such as soaps and surfactants at air-liquid interfaces. From these studies, Pockels defined the "Pockels Point" which is the minimum area that a single molecule can occupy in monomolecular films. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agnes Pockels is the 384th most popular chemist (up from 401st in 2019), the 2,527th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,751st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Chemist.

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Among chemists, Agnes Pockels ranks 384 out of 602. Before her are Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Jacques Bergier, Hermann von Fehling, Arthur Aikin, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, and Nikolay Zelinsky. After her are Joseph Achille Le Bel, Edward Calvin Kendall, Isabella Karle, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, George Sarton, and Mathieu Orfila.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Agnes Pockels ranks 77. Before her are Okakura Kakuzō, Carl Charlier, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Maurice Emmanuel, Adolphe Appia, and Marcel Prévost. After her are Alexander Guchkov, Bajram Curri, João do Canto e Castro, Eugène Jansson, Sergei Nilus, and Fatma Aliye Topuz. Among people deceased in 1935, Agnes Pockels ranks 70. Before her are Henri Pélissier, René Crevel, Oda Krohg, John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, James Henry Breasted, and Edoardo Agnelli. After her are Alexander von Linsingen, Eemil Nestor Setälä, Yusuf Akçura, Qu Qiubai, Photius II of Constantinople, and Johannes Thiele.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Agnes Pockels ranks 2,527 out of 5,161. Before her are Filippo Pacini (1812), Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze (1343), Galeria Fundana (null), Sergio Sebastiani (1931), Pierino Prati (1946), and Giovanni Arrighi (1937). After her are Anaxilas (-500), Christian Panucci (1973), Dino Baggio (1971), Octavia the Elder (-100), Dorando Pietri (1885), and Maria Caterina Farnese (1615).

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Among CHEMISTS In Italy

Among chemists born in Italy, Agnes Pockels ranks 6. Before her are Amedeo Avogadro (1776), Giulio Natta (1903), Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826), Ascanio Sobrero (1812), and Édouard Herzen (1877).

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