Max Bodenstein

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Max Bodenstein
Max Bodenstein
Born	Max Ernst August Bodenstein (1871-07-15)July 15, 1871 Magdeburg, German Empire
Died	September 3, 1942(1942-09-03) (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.