Neil Bartlett (chemist)
Neil Bartlett | |
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King's College, University of Durham (Newcastle University) | |
Known for | Creating the first noble gas compound |
Awards | Corday–Morgan Prize (1962) Steacie Prize (1965) Elliott Cresson Medal (1968) Welch Award in Chemistry (1976) William H. Nichols Medal (1983) Davy Medal (2002) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | University of British Columbia Princeton University University of California, Berkeley |
Neil Bartlett (15 September 1932 – 5 August 2008) was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds. He taught chemistry at the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley.
Biography
Neil Bartlett was born on 15 September 1932 in
In 1958, Bartlett's career began upon being appointed a lecturer in chemistry at the
Research
Bartlett's main specialty was the chemistry of fluorine and of compounds containing fluorine. In 1962, Bartlett prepared the first
Honors
In 1968 he was awarded the
Hospitalization
In January 1963, Bartlett and his graduate student, P. R. Rao, were hospitalized after an explosion in the laboratory. As they looked at what they thought might be the first crystals of XeF2, the compound exploded, getting shards of glass in the eyes of both men. According to Bartlett, he thought that the compound may have contained water molecules, and he and Rao took off their glasses to get a better look. They were both taken to the hospital for four weeks, and Bartlett was left with damaged vision in one eye. The last piece of glass from this accident was removed 27 years later.[12]
References
- ^ a b c "Neil Bartlett and the Reactive Noble Gases". American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ Jolly, William L. "Neil Bartlett, In Memoriam". Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne Act 1963" (PDF). Newcastle University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4144-3301-1.
- ^ "Biography of Neil Bartlett". College of Chemistry. University of California, Berkeley. 2006. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
Neil decided that his strengths lay with inorganic chemistry, and after his graduation with a BSc in 1954, he began research in that field, in Dr. P.L. Robinson's Inorganic Chemistry Research Group.
- ^ a b Barnes, Michael (8 December 2008). "Neil Bartlett, emeritus professor of chemistry, dies at 75". Neil Bartlett, emeritus professor of chemistry, dies at 75. UC Berkeley News. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
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- ^ S2CID 94962566. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ISBN 0-85404-690-9. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
After Bartlett's discovery, other chemists quickly re-examined Pauling's suggestion that xenon would combine with fluorine.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ https://old.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show_people.php?id=13013 Archived 15 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Nobel Prize nomination database
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Further reading
- Christe, Karl O. (2008). "Obituary: Neil Bartlett (1932–2008)". Nature. 455 (7210): 182. S2CID 4416768.
External links
- "Biography of Neil Bartlett". University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009.
- "MSU Gallery of Chemists' Photo-Portraits and Mini-Biographies: Neil Bartlett". Michigan State University. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.