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BOSWORTH, Richard Charles Leslie

Born Adelaide 17 January 1907; died Sydney 24 March 1964. Education University of Adelaide (B.Sc. 1928, M.Sc. 1931, D.Sc. 1938) and Cambridge University (Ph.D. 1935). 1851 Exhibition scholar 1933-35; senior scholar 1936-38. Research chemist, Colonial Sugar Company, Sydney, 1938-56. Associate professor of physical chemistry, University of New South Wales 1957-64.
  1. The adsorption of acetic acid by mercury. Faraday Society, London. Transactions., 35 (1939), 1349-1352.
  2. Adsorption of hydrogen by an ideal metal. Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings., 74 (1940), 538-548.
  3. Surface diffusion. Part I. Experimental. Australian Chemical Institute. Journal and Proceedings., 9 (1942), 134-142.
  4. Surface diffusion. Part II. Theoretical. Australian Chemical Institute. Journal and Proceedings., 9 (1942), 169-178.
  5. Synthetic liquid fuels. Australian Journal of Science, 5 (1942), 28-33.
  6. The physicist in the chemical industry. Journal of Scientific Instruments, 20 (1943), 142-145; (Summary) Training of physicists for chemical industry. American Journal of Physics, 12 (1944), 309-310.
  7. Bessel's formula in relation to the calculation of the probable error from a small number of observations. Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings., 78 (1944), 81-83.
  8. Studies in adsorption. Part I. Adsorption of carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and water. Faraday Society, London. Transactions., 28 (1932), 896-902.
  9. Studies in adsorption. Part II. Adsorption of the lower fatty acids. Faraday Society, London. Transactions., 28 (1932), 903-912.
  10. The electrical resistance of thin films of nickel prepared by electro-deposition. Faraday Society, London. Transactions., 30 (1934), 549-554.
  11. New types of linear bolometers. Faraday Society, London. Transactions., 30 (1934), 554-560.
  12. The mobility of sodium on tungsten. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 150 (1935), 58-76.
  13. The mobility of potassium on tungsten. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 154 (1936), 112-123.
  14. The photo-sensitisation of films of potassium by means of hydrogeneral Faraday Society, London. Transactions., 32 (1936), 1369-1375.
  15. The photo-electric Schottky effect in films of sodium and potassium on tungsten. Faraday Society, London. Transactions., 33 (1937), 590-596.
  16. A study of the properties of hydrogen films on tungsten by the method of contact potentials. Cambridge Philosophical Society. Proceedings., 33 (1937), 394-402.
  17. (With E.K. Rideal) Studies in contact potentials. The condensation of potassium and sodium on tungsten. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 162 (1937), 1-31.
  18. Studies in contact potentials. The evaporation of sodium films. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 162 (1937), 32-49.
  19. (With E.K. Rideal) Intermolecular forces in two-dimensional systems. Physica, 4 (1937), 925-940.
  20. The evaporation of concentrated films of sodium. Cambridge Philosophical Society. Proceedings., 34 (1938), 262-271.
  21. The surface tension of mercury by the maximum bubble pressure methodied Faraday Society, London. Transactions., 34 (1938), 1501-1505.
  22. The contact potential of nickel. Faraday Society, London. Transactions., 35 (1939), 397-402.
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