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William F. Giauque-Nobel Prize for Low-Temperature Research
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings
| Date:
May 1, 2006| Author:
Shampo, Marc A; Kyle, Robert A; Steensma, David P
| Copyright Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research May 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information
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Canadian-born American physical chemist William Francis Giauque was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his studies on the properties of matter at temperatures close to absolute zero. He dedicated more than 60 years to the field of cryogenics, the study of matter at very low temperatures. His work has enabled the chemical industry to produce steel faster and cheaper than before, as well as glass, rubber, and other products. One of the pioneer investigators in low-temperature phenome...
