| RefNo | EC/1969/10 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVIII, 121 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Fyfe, William Sefton: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Well-known internationally for his contributions to knowledge of the physical chemistry of rock metamorphism, his approach is from able experimentation and thermodynamics, coupled with an expert knowledge of field occurrence and petrography. Under hydrothermal conditions he has investigated the crystallisation of amorphous silica and has synthesised alumino-silicates. He has been especially concerned with hydroxyl-ion catalysis. In 1958 he was the leading contributor to a joint monograph with F.J. Turner and J. Verhoogen which led to a new understanding of equilibrium relations in the metamorphic facies. His work on glucophane schists empolyed experimental methods to produce evidence of the kinetics of the aragonite/calcite transformation under natural conditions. He has contributed to the problems of atomic bonding ad is the author of a standard work on solid-state geochemistry. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6312 | Fyfe; William Sefton (1927 - 2013) | 1927 - 2013 |