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| − | |birth_date = | + | |birth_date = {{birth date|1898|3|29}} |
| − | |birth_place = | + | |birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| − | + | |death_date = {{death date and age|1965|10|6|1898|3|29}} | |
| − | + | |death_place = Columbus, Ohio | |
| − | |death_date = {{death date and age|1965|10|6|1898|3|29}} | + | |alma_mater = [[University of California, Berkeley]] |
| − | |death_place = | + | |doctoral_advisor = [[William F. Giauque]] |
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|doctoral_students = [[W. Heinlen Hall]]<br/>[[Paul J. Flory]] | |doctoral_students = [[W. Heinlen Hall]]<br/>[[Paul J. Flory]] | ||
| − | |known_for = [[isotopes of oxygen]]<br/>[[liquid hydrogen]] | + | |field = [[cryogenics]] |
| − | |prizes = | + | |known_for = [[isotopes of oxygen]]<br/>[[liquid hydrogen]] |
| − | |spouse = Margaret Vanderbilt (1901–1996, m. 1923) | + | |prizes = [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] (1933) |
| − | + | |spouse = Margaret Vanderbilt (1901–1996, m. 1923) | |
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'''Herrick Lee Johnston''' (March 29, 1898 – October 6, 1965) was an American chemist, best known for his work in [[cryogenics]]. | '''Herrick Lee Johnston''' (March 29, 1898 – October 6, 1965) was an American chemist, best known for his work in [[cryogenics]]. | ||
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| + | Johnston was born on March 29, 1898 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the sixth child of Rev. Edgar Francis Johnston and Adlelide Sarah Simpson.<ref>{{citation | webpage = Dr Herrick Lee JOHNSTON | url = http://www.ewbarnard.com/public/dr_herrick_lee_johnston.html | website = The Barnard family story, from Connecticut and Massachusetts to Armstrong County Pennsylvania | publisher = ewbarnard.com | accessdate = 2011-03-25}}.</ref> | ||
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| + | He obtained his Ph.D. from the [[University of California, Berkeley]], in 1928 with a thesis on "The entropies of nitric oxide and oxygen at low temperature as bearing on the third law of thermodynamics".<ref>{{citation | editor1-first = Callie | editor1-last = Hull | editor2-first = Clarence J. | editor2-last = West | title = Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences by American Universities 1928–1929 | series = Reprint and Circular Series of the National Research Council | volume = 91 | page = 11 |url = http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9562&page=11}}.</ref> | ||
==Notes and references== | ==Notes and references== | ||
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==Selected writings== | ==Selected writings== | ||
| − | *{{citation | first = Herrick L. | last = Johnston | authorlink = Herrick L. Johnston | title = A Periodic Arrangement of the Atomic Nuclei. The Prediction of Isotopes | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1931 | volume = 53 | issue = 8 | pages = 2866–71 | doi = 10.1021/ja01359a004}} | + | *{{citation | first = Herrick L. | last = Johnston | authorlink = Herrick L. Johnston | title = A Periodic Arrangement of the Atomic Nuclei. The Prediction of Isotopes | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1931 | volume = 53 | issue = 8 | pages = 2866–71 | doi = 10.1021/ja01359a004}}. |
| − | *{{citation | first1 = Clyde O. | last1 = Davis | first2 = Herrick L. | last2 = Johnston | authorlink2 = Herrick L. Johnston | title = Fractionation of the Hydrogen Isotopes by the Addition of Sodium to Water | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1934 | volume = 56 | issue = 2 | pages = 492–93 | doi = 10.1021/ja01317a510}} | + | *{{citation | first1 = Clyde O. | last1 = Davis | first2 = Herrick L. | last2 = Johnston | authorlink2 = Herrick L. Johnston | title = Fractionation of the Hydrogen Isotopes by the Addition of Sodium to Water | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1934 | volume = 56 | issue = 2 | pages = 492–93 | doi = 10.1021/ja01317a510}}. |
| − | *{{citation | first = Herrick L. | last = Johnston | authorlink = Herrick L. Johnston | title = The Preparation of Deuterium-Free Water. Deuterium Content of Ordinary Water and the Atomic Weight of Hydrogen. Electrolytic Separation of the Oxygen Isotopes | J. Am. Chem. Soc. | + | *{{citation | first = Herrick L. | last = Johnston | authorlink = Herrick L. Johnston | title = The Preparation of Deuterium-Free Water. Deuterium Content of Ordinary Water and the Atomic Weight of Hydrogen. Electrolytic Separation of the Oxygen Isotopes | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1935 | volume = 57 | issue = 3 | pages = 484–86 | doi = 10.1021/ja01306a027}}. |
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*{{citation | first1 = W. Heinlen | last1 = Hall | authorlink1 = W. Heinlen Hall | first2 = Herrick L. | last2 = Johnston | authorlink2 = Herrick L. Johnston | title = Concentration of the Heavier Isotopes of Oxygen in Commercial Electrolytic Cells | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1935 | volume = 57 | issue = 9 | pages = 1515–17 | doi = 10.1021/ja01312a001}}. | *{{citation | first1 = W. Heinlen | last1 = Hall | authorlink1 = W. Heinlen Hall | first2 = Herrick L. | last2 = Johnston | authorlink2 = Herrick L. Johnston | title = Concentration of the Heavier Isotopes of Oxygen in Commercial Electrolytic Cells | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1935 | volume = 57 | issue = 9 | pages = 1515–17 | doi = 10.1021/ja01312a001}}. | ||
*{{citation | first1 = W. Heinlen | last1 = Hall | authorlink1 = W. Heinlen Hall | first2 = Herrick L. | last2 = Johnston | authorlink2 = Herrick L. Johnston | title = Influence of Combustion Conditions on the Density of Water Formed from Commercial Hydrogen and Oxygen | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1936 | volume = 58 | issue = 10 | pages = 1920–22 | doi = 10.1021/ja01301a025}}. | *{{citation | first1 = W. Heinlen | last1 = Hall | authorlink1 = W. Heinlen Hall | first2 = Herrick L. | last2 = Johnston | authorlink2 = Herrick L. Johnston | title = Influence of Combustion Conditions on the Density of Water Formed from Commercial Hydrogen and Oxygen | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1936 | volume = 58 | issue = 10 | pages = 1920–22 | doi = 10.1021/ja01301a025}}. | ||
| − | *{{ | + | *{{citation | first1 = Frederick D. | last1 = Rossini | authorlink1 = Frederick D. Rossini | first2 = Frank T., Jr. | last2 = Gucker | first3 = Herrick L. | last3 = Johnston | authorlink3 = Herrick L. Johnston | first4 = Linus | last4 = Pauling | authorlink4 = Linus Pauling | first5 = George W. | last5 = Vinal | title = Status of the Values of the Fundamental Constants for Physical Chemistry as of July 1, 1951 | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1952 | volume = 74 | issue = 11 | pages = 2699–2701 | doi = 10.1021/ja01131a001}}. |
| − | Frederick D. Rossini | + | *{{citation | first1 = Clarence M. | last1 = Cunningham | first2 = Herrick L. | last2 = Johnston | authorlink2 = Herrick L. Johnston | title = The Surface Catalysis of the Ortho- to Para-Conversion in Liquid Hydrogen by Paramagnetic Oxides on Alumina | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1958 | volume = 80 | issue = 10 | pages = 2377–82 | doi = 10.1021/ja01543a009}}. |
| − | J. Am. Chem. Soc. | + | *{{citation | first1 = Clarence M. | last1 = Cunningham | first2 = Douglas S. | last2 = Chapin | first3 = Herrick L. | last3 = Johnston | authorlink3 = Herrick L. Johnston | title = Separation of Orthohydrogen from Parahydrogen and of Paradeuterium from Orthodeuterium by Preferential Adsorption | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | year = 1958 | volume = 80 | issue = 10 | pages = 2382–84 | doi = 10.1021/ja01543a010}}. |
| − | + | *{{citation | first1 = David | last1 = White | first2 = Jih-Heng | last2 = Hu | first3 = Herrick L. | last3 = Johnston | authorlink3 = Herrick L. Johnston | title = The Heats of Vaporization of Para-hydrogen and Ortho-deuterium from their Boiling Points to their Critical Temperatures | journal = J. Phys. Chem. | year = 1959 | volume = 63 | issue = 7 | pages = 1181–83 | doi = 10.1021/j150577a038}}. | |
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| − | *{{citation | Clarence M. Cunningham | ||
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| − | *{{citation | Clarence M. Cunningham | ||
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| − | *{{citation | David White | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4404/ch2-2.htm The Cryogenics Laboratory at Ohio State University] | *[http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4404/ch2-2.htm The Cryogenics Laboratory at Ohio State University] | ||
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| + | | NAME = Johnston, Herrick Lee | ||
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| + | | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American chemist | ||
| + | | DATE OF BIRTH = 1898-03-29 | ||
| + | | PLACE OF BIRTH = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| + | | DATE OF DEATH = 1965-10-06 | ||
| + | | PLACE OF DEATH = Columbus, Ohio, USA | ||
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[[Category:American chemists]] | [[Category:American chemists]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:58, 27 March 2011
| Herrick L. Johnston | |
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| Born | March 29, 1898 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 6, 1965 (aged 67) Columbus, Ohio |
| Fields | cryogenics |
| Institutions | Ohio State University |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | William F. Giauque |
| Doctoral students | W. Heinlen Hall Paul J. Flory |
| Known for | isotopes of oxygen liquid hydrogen |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1933) |
| Spouse | Margaret Vanderbilt (1901–1996, m. 1923) |
Herrick Lee Johnston (March 29, 1898 – October 6, 1965) was an American chemist, best known for his work in cryogenics.
Johnston was born on March 29, 1898 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the sixth child of Rev. Edgar Francis Johnston and Adlelide Sarah Simpson.[1]
He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1928 with a thesis on "The entropies of nitric oxide and oxygen at low temperature as bearing on the third law of thermodynamics".[2]
Notes and references
Notes
References
- ↑ Dr Herrick Lee JOHNSTON, <http://www.ewbarnard.com/public/dr_herrick_lee_johnston.html> (accessed 25 March 2011), The Barnard family story, from Connecticut and Massachusetts to Armstrong County Pennsylvania; ewbarnard.com.
- ↑ Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences by American Universities 1928–1929; Hull, Callie; West, Clarence J., Eds.; Reprint and Circular Series of the National Research Council; Vol. 91, p 11, <http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9562&page=11>.
Selected writings
- Johnston, Herrick L. A Periodic Arrangement of the Atomic Nuclei. The Prediction of Isotopes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1931, 53 (8), 2866–71. DOI: 10.1021/ja01359a004.
- Davis, Clyde O.; Johnston, Herrick L. Fractionation of the Hydrogen Isotopes by the Addition of Sodium to Water. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1934, 56 (2), 492–93. DOI: 10.1021/ja01317a510.
- Johnston, Herrick L. The Preparation of Deuterium-Free Water. Deuterium Content of Ordinary Water and the Atomic Weight of Hydrogen. Electrolytic Separation of the Oxygen Isotopes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1935, 57 (3), 484–86. DOI: 10.1021/ja01306a027.
- Hall, W. Heinlen; Johnston, Herrick L. Concentration of the Heavier Isotopes of Oxygen in Commercial Electrolytic Cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1935, 57 (9), 1515–17. DOI: 10.1021/ja01312a001.
- Hall, W. Heinlen; Johnston, Herrick L. Influence of Combustion Conditions on the Density of Water Formed from Commercial Hydrogen and Oxygen. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1936, 58 (10), 1920–22. DOI: 10.1021/ja01301a025.
- Rossini, Frederick D.; Gucker, Frank T., Jr.; Johnston, Herrick L.; Pauling, Linus; Vinal, George W. Status of the Values of the Fundamental Constants for Physical Chemistry as of July 1, 1951. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1952, 74 (11), 2699–2701. DOI: 10.1021/ja01131a001.
- Cunningham, Clarence M.; Johnston, Herrick L. The Surface Catalysis of the Ortho- to Para-Conversion in Liquid Hydrogen by Paramagnetic Oxides on Alumina. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1958, 80 (10), 2377–82. DOI: 10.1021/ja01543a009.
- Cunningham, Clarence M.; Chapin, Douglas S.; Johnston, Herrick L. Separation of Orthohydrogen from Parahydrogen and of Paradeuterium from Orthodeuterium by Preferential Adsorption. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1958, 80 (10), 2382–84. DOI: 10.1021/ja01543a010.
- White, David; Hu, Jih-Heng; Johnston, Herrick L. The Heats of Vaporization of Para-hydrogen and Ortho-deuterium from their Boiling Points to their Critical Temperatures. J. Phys. Chem. 1959, 63 (7), 1181–83. DOI: 10.1021/j150577a038.
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