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Ida Frances Homfray (1869–1948) was an English chemist and local politician.
Homfray was born in 1869 in Newcastle-under-Lyme to coal mine engineer George Homfray and his wife Marion, née Block. She studied chemistry under William Ramsay.[1][2][3]
In 1904, she collaborated with Philippe A. Guye at the University of Geneva on surface tension studies and molar refractivity.[4] Later, she studied the absorption of gases including nitrogen and helium by porous media.[5][6]
In 1905, she received a BSc from University College, London, followed by a DSc in 1910.[2][7]
Homfray was Treasurer of the Hampstead Liberal Association and ran as Liberal candidate for Hampstead in the 1928 and 1931 London County Council elections.[8]
She died in 1948.[1]
Publications
edit- 'Molecular refractions of some liquid mixtures of constant boiling point', Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions 87 (1905), 1430–43[9]
- 'Molecular refractions of dimethylpryone and its allies and quadrivalency of oxygen', Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions 87 (1905), 1443–61[10]
- 'The relation between solubility and the physical state of the solvent in the case of the absorption of carbon dioxide in p-azoxyphenetole', Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions 97 (1910), 1669–76[11]
- 'Die Absorption von Gasen Durch Holzkohle', Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie: 74U:1 (1910), 129–201[12]
References
edit- 1 2 Rayner-Canham, Marelene; Rayner-Canham, Geoff (2024-09-13). Allies of Pioneering Women Chemists: Some Supportive British Male Chemists and Their Women Students (1880–1930). Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN 978-1-83767-494-7.
- 1 2 Rayner-canham, Marelene; Rayner-canham, Geoff (2008-10-23). Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949. World Scientific. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-908978-99-8.
- ↑ Rayner-canham, Marelene; Rayner-canham, Geoff (2019-12-30). Pioneering British Women Chemists: Their Lives And Contributions. World Scientific. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-78634-770-1.
- ↑ Creese, Mary R. S. (1991). "British women of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who contributed to research in the chemical sciences". The British Journal for the History of Science. 24 (3): 275–305. doi:10.1017/s0007087400027370. ISSN 0007-0874.
- ↑ Sing, Kenneth (2001-08-31). "The use of nitrogen adsorption for the characterisation of porous materials". Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 187–188: 3–9. doi:10.1016/S0927-7757(01)00612-4. ISSN 0927-7757.
- ↑ Turner, Jarrett S.; Ebner, Armin D.; Ritter, James A. (2024-12-01). "Five definitions of adsorption and their relevance to the formulation of dynamic mass balances in gas adsorption columns". Adsorption. 30 (8): 2267–2281. doi:10.1007/s10450-024-00548-6. ISSN 1572-8757.
- ↑ The Journal of Education. W. Stewart & Company. 1910. p. 791.
- ↑ Land & Liberty. Land & Liberty International Limited. 1931. p. 59.
- ↑ Homfray, Ida Frances (1905). "CXLII.—Molecular refractions of some liquid mixtures of constant boiling point". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 87 (0): 1430–1443. doi:10.1039/CT9058701430. ISSN 0368-1645.
- ↑ Homfray, Ida Frances (1905). "CXLIII.—Molecular refractions of dimethylpyrone and its allies and the quadrivalency of oxygen". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 87 (0): 1443–1461. doi:10.1039/CT9058701443. ISSN 0368-1645.
- ↑ Homfray, Ida Frances (1910). "CLVI.—The relation between solubility and the physical state of the solvent in the case of the absorption of carbon dioxide in p-azoxyphenetole". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 97 (0): 1669–1676. doi:10.1039/CT9109701669. ISSN 0368-1645.
- ↑ Homfray, Ida Frances (1910-08-01). "Die Absorption von Gasen durch Holzkohle". Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 74U (1): 129–201. doi:10.1515/zpch-1910-7406. ISSN 2196-7156.