The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949
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William Francis Giauque
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949 was awarded to William Francis Giauque "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures."
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