Eric Rideal

Professor
Sir Eric Rideal
MBE FRS
Personal details
Born
Eric Keightley Rideal

11 April 1890
Sydenham, Kent, England
Died25 September 1974(1974-09-25) (aged 84)
West Kensington, London, England
OccupationPhysical chemist

Sir Eric Keightley Rideal (11 April 1890 – 25 September 1974[1]) was a British physical chemist. He worked on a wide range of subjects, including electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, catalysis, electrophoresis, colloids and surface chemistry.[2] He is best known for the Eley–Rideal mechanism, which he proposed in 1938 with Daniel D. Eley.[3] He is also known for the textbook that he authored, An Introduction to Surface Chemistry (1926),[3] and was awarded honours for the research he carried out during both World Wars and for his services to chemistry.[4]

  1. ^ Rideal, Sir Eric Keightley (1890–1974) rev., D. D. Eley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 17 February 2011
  2. ^ 'Biographical Notes' entry for Rideal in The World of Physical Chemistry, Keith J. Laidler, 1993, p. 445
  3. ^ a b Sir Eric Keightly Rideal, The UCL Periodic Table of the Lecturers, UCL website. Retrieved 18 February 2011
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference DSB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).