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William Francis Giauque
Full Name of the recipient | William Francis Giauque |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1949 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA |
Place of Birth | Niagara Falls, Canada CAN |
Date of Birth | 12 May 1895 |
Age at the time of Award | 53 years |
Place of Death | Berkeley, CA, United States USA |
Date of Death | 28 March 1982 |