Arthur Ruoff
Arthur Louis Ruoff , called Art Ruoff , (born September 17, 1930 in Fort Wayne , Indiana ) is an American physical chemist , materials scientist and solid-state physicist .
Ruoff studied at Purdue University ( bachelor's degree in 1952) and received his doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of Utah under Henry Eyring in 1955 . From 1955 he was assistant professor and from 1965 professor of materials science and applied physics at Cornell University .
He is known for his studies of the physics of high pressures in the multiple megabar range. His group generated metallic oxygen at 100 GPa (Giga- Pascal ), metallic sulfur at 100 GPa (which is also superconducting at this pressure), metallic xenon at 150 GPa and they showed that hydrogen at 420 GPa is not yet metallic (were simultaneously they are the first to achieve a static pressure above that in the Earth's core center - 360 GPa).
In 1993 Ruoff received the Bridgman Award . He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Ceramics Society . At Cornell University he had 43 PhD students. He has been married since 1954 and has five children.
Fonts
- Introduction to Materials Science, Prentice-Hall 1972
- Materials Science, Prentice-Hall 1973
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth and career data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruoff, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ruoff, Arthur Louis; Ruoff, Art |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th September 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Wayne , Indiana |