Max Bodenstein

Max Bodenstein
Max Bodenstein
	Max Bodenstein
Born	Max Ernst August Bodenstein; July 15, 1871; Magdeburg, German Empire
Died	September 3, 1942 (aged 71); Berlin, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Heidelberg
Known for	Bodenstein number, a special type of Peclet number
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of Leipzig; Humboldt University of Berlin; Leibniz University Hannover;
Thesis	Über die Zersetzung des Jodwasserstoffes in der Hitze (1893)
Doctoral advisor	Victor Meyer
Doctoral students	Erika Cremer

Max Ernst August Bodenstein (July 15, 1871 – September 3, 1942) was a German physical chemist known for his work in chemical kinetics. He was first to postulate a chain reaction mechanism and that explosions are branched chain reactions, later applied to the atomic bomb.

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