Louis Plack Hammett
Louis Plack Hammett ( April 7, 1894 - February 9, 1987 ) was an American physical chemist .
He became known for the Hammett equation named after him , which establishes a quantitative relationship between reaction rates and equilibrium constants . To quantify the acidity of super acids , he developed the Hammett acidity function . He was also co-author of the Curtin-Hammett principle .
Hammett grew up in Portland (Maine) , graduated from the Harvard University and in Switzerland and was at the 1922 Columbia University in Hal T. Beans with work Experimental studies on the hydrogen electrode doctorate . Among other things, he wrote the standard work Physical Organic Chemistry in Physical Organic Chemistry .
In 1943, Hammett was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .
literature
- Louis P. Hammett: Physical Organic Chemistry . New York: McGraw Hill, 1940.
- George S. Hammond: Physical organic chemistry after 50 years: It has changed, but is it still there? (PDF; 378 kB) IUPAC V9. 1997, 69, no. 9, pp. 1919-1922.
- FH Westheimer: Biographical Memoirs . V72, 1997, pp. 136-149.
- Robin V. Young, Suzanne Sessine: World of Chemistry . Thomson Gale, 1999.
Web links
- Literature by and about Louis Plack Hammett in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographies, publications and academic family tree of Louis P. Hammett at academictree.org, accessed February 8, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hammett, Louis Plack |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physical chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1894 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1987 |