Corporate Body

CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry (1958 - 1966)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

From: 8 Oct 1958
Australia
To: 22 August 1966
Functions: Industrial or scientific research

Summary

When the Division of Industrial Chemistry was reorganised in 1958, the Division of Physical Chemistry was created. Major concerns of the Division were flotation and surface chemistry. In 1966 the Divisions of Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry were replaced by a single Division, the Division of Applied Chemistry.

Timeline

Controlling Corporate Bodies

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

isPartOf

Chemical Research Laboratories - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1958 - 1970)

Related People

Hamann, Sefton Davidson (1921 - 2009)
Chief of the CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry

Date: 1960 - 1966
Sutherland, Keith Leonard (1916 - 1980)
Chief of the Division 1958 - 1959

Published resources

Books

Schedvin, C.B; Trace, K., Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976 (Canberra: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/csiro_historical_directory_1926_1976.pdf. Details

Journal Articles

Spurling, Thomas H.; and Solomon, David H., 'Sefton Davidson Hamann 1921-2009', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (2) (2009), 255-271 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09019. Details

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476724. Details

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