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Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist)

Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist) is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist) rather than just read about it. In short: Count Gösta Carl Henrik Ehrensvärd (10 January 1910 – 13 July 1980) was a Swedish chemist. Ehrensvärd graduated with a Ph.D. in physiological chemistry from Stockholm University College in 1942, and was simultaneously awarded the title as Docent.

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Reference excerpt

Count Gösta Carl Henrik Ehrensvärd (10 January 1910 – 13 July 1980) was a Swedish chemist. Ehrensvärd graduated with a Ph.D. in physiological chemistry from Stockholm University College in 1942, and was simultaneously awarded the title as Docent. He became Docent in biochemistry at Karolinska Institute in 1948, Docent in medicinal chemistry and biochemistry in 1949-1950, and Docent in biochemistry at Stockholm University College in 1950. He was Laborator between 1952 and 1956, and was appointed Professor of biochemistry at Lund University in 1956. He was elected to the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund in 1956, and to the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1964.

Family Gösta Ehrensvärd was son of vice admiral, count Gösta Ehrensvärd and Anna Ehrensvärd, née Enell. In 1934, he married Ingalill Rydh, and in 1957 to Ursula Breithaupt.

Sources Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok 1963, Ed. Ingeborg Burling, P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Stockholm, 1962, p. 251.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist)

In research: Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist) appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1910 births, 1980 deaths, 20th-century Swedish chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Gösta Ehrensvärd (chemist) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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