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Introduction to my hydride work
Norman Greenwood
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| 141. Work on inert gases | 37 | 04:26 | |
| 142. Introduction to my hydride work | 36 | 00:48 | |
| 143. Aluminium hydride | 43 | 00:48 | |
| 144. Boron hydride | 52 | 02:04 | |
| 145. Bob Parry's similar boron work | 35 | 01:11 | |
| 146. No publication restrictions on research at Newcastle | 36 | 00:38 | |
| 147. Other people's interest in hydrides | 28 | 00:53 | |
| 148. Harry Emeléus was the first to make decaborane | 40 | 00:47 | |
| 149. Motivation for working on gallium hydride | 56 | 01:02 | |
| 150. Making gallium hydride | 44 | 00:56 |
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Another aspect of our work concerns hydride chemistry, and it’s the hydride chemistry of the group 3 elements: boron, aluminium and gallium. Boron hydride became, actually, one of my major research interests. I had started work on it in Nottingham, as I think I’ve already alluded to, but it became a much larger part of our work as time progressed in an astonishing and exciting new way, which I’m going to reserve, and get your... whet your appetite for that – I'll come back to that, because I want to mention... because it didn’t lead quite so far... the work on aluminium and gallium hydrides.
Norman Greenwood (1925-2012) was born in Australia and graduated from Melbourne University before going to Cambridge. His wide-ranging research in inorganic and structural chemistry made major advances in the chemistry of boron hydrides and other main-group element compounds. He also pioneered the application of Mössbauer spectroscopy to problems in chemistry. He was a prolific writer and inspirational lecturer on chemical and educational themes, and held numerous visiting professorships throughout the world.
Title: Introduction to my hydride work
Listeners: Brian Johnson
Professor Brian FG Johnson FRS, FRSE, FRS Chem, FAcad Eu, FAS. Professor of Inorganic Chemistry University of Edinburgh 1991-1995, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry University of Cambridge 1995-2005, Master Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 1999-2005. Research interests include studies of transition metal carbonyls, organometallic chemistry, nano- particles and homogeneous catalysis. Professor Johnson is the author of over 1000 research articles and papers.
Tags: Nottingham University
Duration: 48 seconds
Date story recorded: May 2011
Date story went live: 25 November 2011
