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Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
English Presentation Speech by Professor Håkan Wennerström, Member of the ; Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, 10 December 2007 Professor Håkan Wennerström delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The central theme of chemistry…
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Like a successful dinner party, productive chemical reactions depend upon getting the right components to mingle in the right surroundings, and often the best environment for chemistry turns out to be a solid surface. From the cleaning of exhaust fumes in factory chimneys to the reduction of ozone on the outside of ice crystals in…
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Award ceremony speech
Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Håkan Wennerström, ledamot av , ledamot av Nobelkommittén för kemi, 10 December 2007. Professor Håkan Wennerström presenterar Nobelpriset i kemi 2007 i Stockholms Konserthus. Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, mina damer och herrar. Det centrala temat i kemin är den kemiska reaktionen. Det handlar om hur molekyler bildas, omformas…
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The Nobel Laureate , Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Animation , Fritz-Haber-Institut, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Scientific review articles Imbihl, R., Ertl, G. Oscillatory Kinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis. Chemical Review 1995(95) 697–733 Ertl, G. Primary Steps in Catalytic Synthesis of Ammonia. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 1(2) 1247–1253 (1983) Ertl G. Elementary Processes at Gas/Metal Interfaces. Angewandte Chemie…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 This year’s chemistry laureate Gerhard Ertl has succeeded in providing a detailed description of how chemical reactions take place on surfaces and has in this way laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry. He is awarded the prize for showing how reliable results can be obtained in this area…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 In the catalysts of cars poisonous carbon monoxide reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide before the exhaust is emitted. This reaction takes place on a surface of platinum, for instance. Ertl has shown that the reaction is considerably more complicated than could be expected and in this…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 More information on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2007 can be found at: ● Oscillatory Kinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis, R. Imbihl, G. Ertl, Chemical Review 1995(95) 697–733 ● Primary Steps in Catalytic Synthesis of Ammonia, G. Ertl, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 1(2) 1247–1253 (1983)…
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