You probably recognise equation 1 as the Nernst equation. This equation defines the relation between the concentrations of an ion on either side of a membrane that it perfectly selective for that ion ...

IT was suggested to me by a friend to use a Nernst lamp in a lantern. On trying the experiment I have found that a one ampere 220 volts Nernst lamp gives quite a fair result in a small lantern, ...

ON June 25, Walther Nernst, well known as a physical chemist, will celebrate his seventy-fifth birthday. Nernst was born at Briesen, West Prussia, and studied at the Universities of Zurich, Berlin, ...