ARNOLD O. BECKMAN

Full name: Arnold Orville Beckman
I lived to be 104 years old!

I STUDIED:

SOME COOL FACTS ABOUT ME ARE

• I invented the pH meter
• I was a chemist, inventor, and philanthropist
• I was a professor at the California Institute of Technology

WHAT AM I MOST KNOWN FOR?

• My invention of the pH meter
• I founded the Beckman Institute
• I won the; Hoover Medal (81') Tolman Award (85') Vermilye Medal (87') National Medal of Technology (88') National Medal of Science (89') Presidential Citizens Medal (89') Bower Award (92') Public Welfare Medal (99') and the Othmer Gold Medal (00')
• I got all of these awards in the United States of America

WHAT IS THE PH METER?

THE PH METER IS A SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES THE HYDROGEN-ION IN A CONCENTRATION OR SOLUTION

When I invented the pH meter I helped chemical laboratories. Now, anyone can test to see if a solution is able to be safely used for medicines, disinfectants, and many more things!

what is physical chemistry?

the branch of chemistry concerned with the application of the techniques and theories of physics to the study of chemical systems.

What is the beckman institute?

The Beckman Institute of advanced science and technology is a unit at the University of Illinois.

It was opened in 1989 and is dedicated to interdisciplinary research.

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