Nikolay Semenov receives a share of the chemistry prize for studies of chemical reaction mechanisms. His chain-reaction theory explained how reactive intermediates multiply and under what conditions processes can accelerate dramatically.
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Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov
Nobel Prize history for Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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