Merle Randall

Merle Randall (January 29, 1888 – March 17, 1950)[1] was an American physical chemist famous for his work with Gilbert N. Lewis, over a period of 25 years, in measuring reaction heat of chemical compounds and determining their corresponding free energy. Together, their 1923 textbook "Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances" became a classic work in the field of chemical thermodynamics.

In 1932, Merle Randall authored two scientific papers with Mikkel Frandsen: "The Standard Electrode Potential of Iron and the Activity Coefficient of Ferrous Chloride,"[2] and "Determination of the Free Energy of Ferrous Hydroxide from Measurements of Electromotive Force."[3]

  1. ^ University of California: In Memoriam 1950 Merle Randall, Chemistry: Berkeley
  2. ^ Merle Randall; Mikkel Frandsen (1932). "The standard electrode potential of iron and the activity coefficient of ferrous chloride". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 54 (1): 47–54. doi:10.1021/ja01340a006.
  3. ^ Merle Randall; Mikkel Frandsen (1932). "Determination of the free energy of ferrous hydroxide from measurements of electromotive force". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 54 (1): 40–46. doi:10.1021/ja01340a005.