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Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford
(Encyclopedia) Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford, 1897–1978, British chemist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1925. He joined the faculty at Cambridge in 1925 and was a professor there until he retired in 1965.…sodium nitrate
(Encyclopedia) sodium nitrate, chemical compound, NaNO3, a colorless, odorless crystalline compound that closely resembles potassium nitrate (saltpeter or niter) in appearance and chemical properties…Fourcroy, Antoine François, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Fourcroy, Antoine François, comte deFourcroy, Antoine François, comte deäNtwänˈ fräNswäˈ kôNt də f&oomacr;rkrwäˈ [key], 1755–1809, French chemist. He was a pioneer in animal and…combining weight
(Encyclopedia) combining weight, the proportion (by weight) in which a chemical element combines with other elements to form compounds. The determination of combining weights was a very important…Bosch, Carl
(Encyclopedia) Bosch, Carl, 1874–1940, German chemist and engineer, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1898. In 1899, Bosch began working as a chemist for BASF, which merged with six other German chemical firms…energy
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Relations between potential energy (PE) and kinetic energy (KE) for a swinging pendulum energy, in physics, the ability or capacity to do work or to produce change. Forms of…Ludwigshafen am Rhein
(Encyclopedia) Ludwigshafen am RheinLudwigshafen am Rheinl&oomacr;tˌvĭkhs-häˈfən äm rīn [key] or Ludwigshafen, city (1994 pop. 168,130), Rhineland Palatinate, W Germany, a port on the left bank…silver nitrate
(Encyclopedia) silver nitratesilver nitratenīˈtrāt [key], chemical compound, AgNO3, a colorless crystalline material that is very soluble in water. The most important compound of silver, it is used…Fukui, Kenichi
(Encyclopedia) Fukui, KenichiFukui, Kenichikĕnˈēchē f&oobreve;k&oomacr;ˈē, f&oobreve;kˈ&oomacr;-ē [key], 1918–98, Japanese chemist, b. Nara, Japan, Ph.D. Kyoto Univ., 1948. As a…Porter, George, Baron Porter of Luddenham
(Encyclopedia) Porter, George, Baron Porter of Luddenham, 1920–2002, British chemist, b. Stainforth, England, grad. Leeds Univ., Ph.D. Cambridge, 1949. After serving as a radar officer during World…Trending
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