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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-11-21 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007541b.htm person Lane John Edgar AACR2 2 December 1932 29 August 2022 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physical chemist John Lane was a physical chemist well-known for his research on surface thermodynamics. On completing his PhD on the surface properties of liquid sodium and liquid potassium, he spent three years overseas. At McGill University he worked on applying irreversible thermodynamics to multicomponent diffusion; at Bristol he developed a simple model of the solid-liquid interface. Lane returned to Australia in 1974 and joined the CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry where he worked with Bill Mansfield on the control of evaporation from dams. During the 1970s he worked on the simulation of physical absorption using the Monte Carlo methods, greeted by some as brilliant work. He was later involved in discussions on properties of competing materials for banknote substrates. Suffering from chronic asthma, he retired in 1980. Lane was active in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, holding office in the Victorian Branch Committee and being elected Fellow on his retirement. For some years, in a voluntary capacity, he lectured in thermodynamics to undergraduates at the University of Melbourne and assisted research students. 1957 1957 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide 1963 1963 Career position - Research fellow, metallurgical department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1963 1963 Education - PhD, University of Adelaide 1964 1965 Career position - Research fellow, University of Bristol, United Kingdom 1965 1966 Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry, Fishermens Bend 1966 1974 Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry 1968 1970 Career position - Book review editor, Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1968 1980 Career position - Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1970 1973 Career position - Member of Committee, Victorian Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1971 1972 Career position - Chairman, Victorian Branch Physical Chemistry Group, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1973 1974 Career position - Committee Member, Victorian Branch Physical Chemistry Group, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1973 1979 Career position - Member, Physical Chemistry Division Commission on Physicochemical Measurement, International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) 1974 1980 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry 1980 1980 Life event - Retired on medical grounds 1980 2022 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Mansfield, William Walladge (1924 - 1974) RACI - Victorian Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1953 - )

Member of Committee 1970 - 1973

 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

Fellow 1980 - 2022

 CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1974 - 1988)

Senior Principal Research Scientist 1974 - 1980

 'Lane, John Edgar', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lane, John Edgar Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty Five Years in the RACI Spurling, T.H. Twenty Five Years in the RACI Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1992 Chemistry in Australia 59 198-199 Journal Article: The solution and interfacial chemistry of nonionic surficants used in coal flotation Aston, J. R., Lane, J. E. and Healy, T. W. The solution and interfacial chemistry of nonionic surficants used in coal flotation 1989 Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy review 5 1/4 229-56 Thesis: Surface properties of liquid alkali metals Lane, John Edgar Surface properties of liquid alkali metals University of Adelaide 1962 Journal Article: Vale John Edgar Lane (1932 - 2022): thermodynamicist without peer Aston, Rachel; and Spurling, Tom Vale John Edgar Lane (1932 - 2022): thermodynamicist without peer 2023 Chemistry in Australia December 2022/February 2023 34