Chemist no. 126 of 350 · Physical

William Giauque

1895-1982United StatesNobel Chemistry 1949

Chemical thermodynamics at very low temperatures

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The discovery, explained

William Giauque: Getting Close to Absolute Zero and Testing the Third Law

How William Giauque reached near absolute zero by adiabatic demagnetization, tested the third law of thermodynamics and found oxygen-17 and oxygen-18.

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Biography

William Francis Giauque: The Chemist of the Coldest Temperatures

Life of William Francis Giauque, Canadian-born American chemist who approached absolute zero and won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Career and legacy.

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