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Frank Sherwood "Sherry" [4] Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion. [5] [6]
Jun 24, 2024 · F. Sherwood Rowland (born June 28, 1927, Delaware, Ohio, U.S.—died March 10, 2012, Corona del Mar, California) was an American chemist who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with chemists Mario Molina and Paul Crutzen for research on the depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer.
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 was awarded jointly to Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland "for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone"
Mar 13, 2012 · SAN FRANCISCO — F. Sherwood Rowland, whose discovery in 1974 of the danger that aerosols posed to the ozone layer was initially met with disdain but who was ultimately vindicated with the 1995...
Mar 10, 2012 · F. Sherwood Rowland The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 . Born: 28 June 1927, Delaware, OH, USA . Died: 10 March 2012, Corona del Mar, CA, USA . Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Irvine, CA, USA . Prize motivation: “for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and ...
Apr 11, 2012 · Rowland earned his PhD in nuclear chemistry at Chicago under chemist Willard Libby and was taught by four other faculty members; counting Sherry, all six would later receive...
Apr 13, 2012 · F. Sherwood Rowland (1927–2012) A Nobel Prize–winning atmospheric chemist instrumental in discovering and publicizing the role of chlorofluorocarbons in ozone destruction. Ralph J. Cicerone, Mario J. Molina, and Donald R. Blake Authors Info & Affiliations. Science. 13 Apr 2012. Vol 336, Issue 6078. p. 170. DOI: 10.1126/science.1222108.
