| RefNo | EC/1977/19 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XX, 64 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Gray, Peter: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1976 |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Gray's work is notable for its range and diversity. He was the first to measure temperature-position profiles in gaseous systems on the verge of ignition by a very fine thermocouple technique. The results show that N-2H-4 oxidation is a pure thermal branched-chain explosion and that multiple cool flames in hydrocarbon oxidations are thermokinetic. His theoretical work on these and related systems is well recognised as original and comprehensive. The need to acquire ancillary data for his flame studies led Gray to measure the four principal transport properties of gases and his laboratory is now the foremost in this field in the UK. Inter alia this work has contributed to knowledge of intermolecular potential functions of dissimilar pairs. His work on reactivity and thermo chemistry of alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl and perfluoro alkyl radicals is classical in importance ad quality and he has also made substantial advances in the chemistry of N-2O-4 and dissociating vapours, azide thermo-chemistry and lattice energies. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4205 | Gray; Peter (1926 - 2012) | 1926 - 2012 |