Eric Rideal

Professor
Sir Eric Rideal
MBE FRS FRIC
Professor of Physical Chemistry, King's College, London
In office
1950–1955
Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution
In office
1946–1949
Professor of Colloid Science, University of Cambridge
In office
1930–1946
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).