Erwin Madelung

Erwin Madelung was a German physicist. He was born in 1881 in Bonn. His father was the surgeon Otto Wilhelm Madelung. He earned a doctorate in 1905 from the University of Göttingen, specializing in crystal structure, and eventually became a professor. It was during this time he developed the Madelung constant, which characterizes the net electrostatic effects of all ions in a crystal lattice, and is used to determine the energy of one ion.

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General Info

Male

Date of Birth

May 18th, 1881

Age

144

Birth Place

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

Date of Death

August 1st, 1972

Died Aged