Alfred Werner's Role in the mid-20th Century Flourishing of American Inorganic Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2014.292Keywords:
History of inorganic chemistry, Werner, alfredAbstract
The development of organic and physical chemistry as specialist fields, during the middle and end of the 19th century respectively, left inorganic behind as a decidedly less highly regarded subfield of chemistry. Despite Alfred Werner's groundbreaking studies of coordination chemistry in the early 20th century, that inferior status remained in place – particularly in the US – until the 1950s, when the beginnings of a resurgence that eventually restored its parity with the other subfields can be clearly observed. This paper explores the extent to which Werner's heritage – both direct, in the form of academic descendants, and indirect – contributed to those advances.Downloads
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J. A. Labinger, Chimia 2014, 68, 292, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2014.292.