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Chem 101
Great Chemist
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861-1944) | “the father of Indian chemistry”1896 discovered mercurous nitrite, laid the groundwork for years of discoveries on the synthesis, structure, and decomposition of nitrites and hyponitrites of different metals. |
| Mario Molina (1943-2020) | Argued that CFC absorb solar radiation, in a reaction that destroys the ozone layer. Led the British Antarctica survey detected a hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 & Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 |
| Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003) | In 1947, became the first Black woman to receive a PhD in chemistry in the US (Columbia University). Her graduate and focused on cancer research with purines and pyrimidines and was a precursor to the identification of the DNA structure. |