David C. Grahame
David Caldwell Grahame (born April 21, 1912 in Saint Paul , Minnesota , † December 11, 1958 in London ) was an American physical chemist who explored the electrochemical double layer with the help of the mercury drop electrode . He was a professor of chemistry at Amherst College in Massachusetts .
He derived the Grahame equation named after him, which makes it possible to calculate charge densities on surfaces. He was the first to distinguish between the various Helmholtz layers .
Life
David Grahame worked on a topic of radiochemistry with Glenn T. Seaborg during his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley . From 1939 he worked in Amherst.
Honors
In memory of David Grahame, the Department of Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry of the Electrochemical Society awards a prize named after him every two years.
literature
Allen J. Bard, György Inzelt, Fritz Scholz, Electrochemical Dictionary, Springer Science & Business Media, second edition, October 2, 2012, pages 427-429
Individual evidence
- ^ David C. Grahame: The Electrical Double Layer and the Theory of Electrocapillarity. In: Chemical Reviews . tape 41 , no. 3 , December 1947, p. 441-501 , doi : 10.1021 / cr60130a002 .
- ↑ Stephen Fletcher: Biographies and definitions contributed to the “Electrochemical dictionary” (edited by Allen J. Bard, György Inzelt, and Fritz Scholz). Online = https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/3108 .
- ^ R. Levine, An Interpretation of the Stern Inner Region at a metal / aqueous electrolyte interface, in: The Electrochemical Double Layer, Edited by Carol Korzeniewski, BE Conway, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington
- ^ Prices of the departments of the Electrochemical Society ECS
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grahame, David C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grahame, David Caldwell (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physical chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Paul , Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1958 |
| Place of death | London |