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Castner Medal

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The Castner Gold Medal on Industrial Electrochemistry is an biennial award given by the Electrochemical Technology Group of Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) to an authority on applied electrochemistry or electrochemical engineering connected to industrial research.[1] The award is named in honor of Hamilton Castner, a pioneer in the field of industrial electrochemistry, who patented in 1892 the mercury cell for the chloralkali process. Castner was an early member of SCI.[1]

The medal is presented in a public lecture, usually at the annual Electrochem conference, which is organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Electrochemistry Interest Group and the SCI Electrochemical Technology Group. When this is not possible, the medal presentation and lecture takes place at SCI's headquarters.

The medal's design was conceived by Humphrey Paget by commission of SCI.[2] At least until 1958, the award was called Castner Gold Medal.[3]

Castner Medal Winners

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Castner Gold Medal awarded by the Society of Chemical Industry to authorities in the field of Industrial Electrochemistry.

To the date, 23 academics and industrialists have received the award.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b (eds.), Allen J. Bard, György Inzelt, Fritz Scholz (2012). Electrochemical dictionary (2nd, rev. & extended ed.). Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-29550-8. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Editorial". The Analyst. 78 (926): 261. 1953. Bibcode:1953Ana....78..261.. doi:10.1039/an9537800261.
  3. ^ a b "News and Notes". Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. 82 (January): 61. 1958. doi:10.1039/JI9588200001. ISSN 0368-3958.
  4. ^ "Castner Medal Previous Recipients". Society of Chemical Industry. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Lord Alexander Flek". Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  6. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths AALL, CHRISTIAN H." The New York Times. The New York Times. 10 October 2008.
  7. ^ "Electrothermics and electrothermal process, Castner Memorial Lecture". Chemistry and Industry. 69 (2): 830. 1950.
  8. ^ "Robert C. Swain, 81, Chemist and Executive". New York Times. 14 February 1987.
  9. ^ Spence, R. (1 January 1957). "Chemical Process Development for Widscale". Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. 81 (May): 361. doi:10.1039/JI9578100353. ISSN 0368-3958.
  10. ^ Rose, John Donald (1 December 1974). "Ronald Holroyd, 1904 - 1973". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 20: 235–245. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1974.0010. S2CID 58635851.
  11. ^ Bailey, H. C. (1 December 1988). "Herbert Muggleton Stanley. 20 July 1903-4 July 1987". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 34: 788–813. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1988.0025.
  12. ^ Memorial Tributes, Vol. 5. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Engineering of the United States of America, National Academy Press. 1992. pp. 69–73. ISBN 0-309-04689-0.
  13. ^ "Bernhard Timm: man behind BASF's exploding activity". Chemical & Engineering News. 47 (48): 21. 17 November 1969. doi:10.1021/cen-v047n048.p021.
  14. ^ Wellington, T. C., ed. (1992). Modern-chlor-alkali technology. Vol. 5. Published for SCI by Elsevier Applied Science. pp. xi. ISBN 1-85166-778-4.
  15. ^ Wragg, edited by F. Lapicque, A. Storck, A. A. (1994). Electrochemical Engineering and Energy. Boston, MA: Springer US. p. v, 225. ISBN 978-1-4613-6070-4. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ White, Ralph E., ed. (1984). Electrolysis Cell Design For Ion Exchange Membrane Chlor-Alkali Process in: Electrochemical Cell design. Boston, MA: Springer US. pp. 135–160. ISBN 978-1-4613-2795-0.
  17. ^ "Dieter Landolt, biographical data" (PDF). International Society of Electrochemistry.
  18. ^ Castner Medal Presentation (4 August 2011). "Castner Medal Presentation (SCI HQ, London, 4 August 2011)". School of Chemical Engineering. School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW.
  19. ^ "Congratulations to the recipient of the 2015 Castner Medal". SCI. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Castner Medal and Lecture 2017: interview with Professor Frank Walsh". SCI. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  21. ^ "TFP Hydrogen's Managing Director awarded prestigious Castner Medal". Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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