Sidney Young
Sidney Young (born December 29, 1857 in Farnworth , † April 8, 1937 in Dublin ) was a British chemist ( physical chemistry ).
Young studied from 1876 natural sciences and especially chemistry at Owens College in Manchester and from 1881 at the University of Strasbourg . In 1882 he became an assistant to William Ramsay at the University College in Bristol and was awarded his doctorate in 1883 at the University of London. In 1887 he became professor of chemistry in Bristol after Ramsay went to London. In 1903 he became a professor at Trinity College in Dublin. In 1928 he retired.
From 1898 he was a pioneer of the fractional distillation of hydrocarbons, especially alkanes , which later became very important in petrochemicals. He also examined the thermal behavior of liquids and vapors at the critical point.
Fonts
- Fractional Distillation, London: Macmillan 1903, Archives
- Distillation Principles and Processes, London: Macmillan, 1922, Archives
literature
- Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989, p. 463f
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| SURNAME | Young, Sidney |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chemist (physical chemistry) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farnworth |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1937 |
| Place of death | Dublin |