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Louis Plack Hammett

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American chemist (1894-1987)

United StatesScientistsLived 1894 to 1987 · aged 92
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Louis Plack Hammett was an American physical chemist. He is known for the Hammett equation, which relates reaction rates to equilibrium constants for certain classes of organic reactions involving substituted aromatic compounds.

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Awards 7

1975Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
1967National Medal of Science
1966James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry
1961Willard Gibbs Award
1961Priestley Medal
1960James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry
1957William H. Nichols Medal

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André WeilAlso won Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to ScienceEmma P. CarrAlso won James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of ChemistryRonald BreslowAlso won Willard Gibbs AwardPeter J. StangAlso won Priestley MedalGeraldine L. RichmondAlso won Priestley MedalDonald Van SlykeAlso won Willard Gibbs Award

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Louis Plack Hammett was an American physical chemist. He is known for the Hammett equation, which relates reaction rates to equilibrium constants for certain classes of organic reactions involving substituted aromatic compounds. He is also known for his research into superacids and his development of a scheme for comparing their acidities based on what is now known as the Hammett acidity function. The Curtin-Hammett principle bears his name.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1987 · aged 92
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