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RefNoEC/1977/17
Previous numbersCert XX, 62
LevelItem
TitleGillespie, Ronald James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
Date1975
DescriptionCitation typed
CitationDistinguished for his highly original work on the reactions which occur, and the species which are formed, in strong acid media. In his classical work on the sulphuric acid solvent system he demonstrated the ways in which simple physico-chemical techniques (especially cryoscopy) could be used to obtain new and fundamental information on the nature of dissolved organic and inorganic substances. In recent years this work has developed into a study of even more highly acidic systems (e.g. fluorosulphuric acid) now commonly called the "super-acid" media, and this has led directly to the characterisation of new families of compounds (notably of sulphur, the halogens, selenium, tellurium, krypton and xenon) which often contain polyatomic cations which has not been recognised in other media. New carbonium ion species have also been prepared and studied in these liquids.
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