Friedrich Paschen
Physicist, Academic
1865 – 1947
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Who was Friedrich Paschen?
Louis Karl Heinrich Friedrich Paschen, was a German physicist, known for his work on electrical discharges. He is also known for the Paschen series, a series of hydrogen spectral lines in the infrared region that he first observed in 1908. He established the now widely used Paschen curve in his article "Über die zum Funkenübergang in Luft, Wasserstoff und Kohlensäure bei verschiedenen Drücken erforderliche Potentialdifferenz".
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- Born
- Jan 22, 1865
Schwerin - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- University of Strasbourg
- Employment
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- University of Münster
- Lived in
- Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Schwerin
- Died
- Feb 25, 1947
Potsdam
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on July 23, 2013
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