Physical Chemistry Collection

Standard periodic table, element types
Standard periodic table, colour-coded for element types. The periodic table shows the chemical elements ordered by atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus)

Standard periodic table, element types
Standard periodic table, colour-coded for element types. The periodic table shows the chemical elements ordered by atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus)

H-He-Hg emission spectra C017 / 7260
H-He-Hg emission spectra. Graphical representation of the emission spectra lines for the elements hydrogen (H), helium (He) and mercury (Hg)

John Dalton, British chemist C017 / 7114
John Dalton (1766-1844), British chemist, physicist and meteorologist. Daltons atomic theory that explained chemical changes was published in A New System of Chemical Philosophy (1808)

Joseph Priestley, caricature C015 / 6707
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). Caricature of the British chemist and clergyman Joseph Priestley. Priestly is best known as the discoverer of oxygen

The Sceptical Chymist (1661). This title page is from the first edition of this work by the Anglo-Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle (1627-1691)

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom
3733273 Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom.; (add.info.: Photograph of Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom (1854-1907) a Dutch chemist. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

John Hall Gladstone, President of the Chemical Society, 1880. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
John Hall Gladstone, President of the Chemical Society, 1880. He lectured at St Thomass Hospital from 1850 to 1852. In 1853 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society

Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist, c1908
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), New Zealand atomic physicist, c1908. Awarded 1908 Nobel prize for chemistry. Is considered by many to have laid the groundwork for the development of modern nuclear

Wilhelm Ostwald, German physical chemist C016 / 8861
Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1933), German physical chemist. Ostwald is considered one of the founders of modern physical chemistry. He was instrumental in identifying the proper action of catalysts

Pictorial periodic table. The periodic table shows the chemical elements ordered by atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus)

Raman laser spectroscopy C016 / 3827
Raman laser spectroscopy. Researcher observing laser beams and microscope objectives. This LabRAM HR Raman laser spectrometer is being used to obtain phase

X-ray crystallography C016 / 3824
X-ray crystallography. Researcher using an X-ray machine to obtain crystal diffraction patterns of proteins for 3-D imaging of enzymes

FE scanning electron microscopy C016 / 3821
FE scanning electron microscopy. Researcher operating a field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). This is a F JEOL 6320F FE-SEM

Scanning transmission electron microscopy C016 / 3815
Scanning transmission electron microscopy. Researcher using a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) to analyse the structure of solid-state materials

Praseodymium, atomic structure
Bismuth (Bi). Diagram of the nuclear composition, electron configuration, chemical data, and valence orbitals of an atom of bismuth-209 (atomic number: 83), the most common isotope of this element

Phosphorus, atomic structure C018 / 3696
Argon (Ar). Diagram of the nuclear composition, electron configuration, chemical data, and valence orbitals of an atom of argon-40 (atomic number: 18)

Hydrogen bonding in water, artwork C018 / 3560
Hydrogen bonding in water. Artwork showing the hydrogen bonding (yellow dotted lines) between five water molecules. There is a weak, partial negative charge on the oxygen atoms (red)

Rutherfordium, atomic structure
Argon (Ar). Diagram of the nuclear composition, electron configuration, chemical data, and valence orbitals of an atom of argon-40 (atomic number: 18)

Carbon dioxide oil extraction research. Professor Julian Eastoe working on research into the use of carbon dioxide to extract oil

Crystallography planes. Diagram of the orientation and direction of a set of crystal planes labelled with vector indices using the numbers 0, 1 and minus 1

George Downing Liveing, British chemist
George Downing Liveing (1827-1924), British chemist. Liveing studied at St Johns College, at the University of Cambridge. He went on to become a Fellow of the College and later its President (1911)

Soap bubble film iridescence C017 / 8528
Soap bubble film iridescence. Iridescence is the property of certain surfaces to change colour depending on the angle of light refraction or reflection, or the angle of view

Soap bubble film iridescence C017 / 8529
Soap bubble film iridescence. Iridescence is the property of certain surfaces to change colour depending on the angle of light refraction or reflection, or the angle of view

Soap bubble iridescence C017 / 8525
Soap bubble iridescence. Iridescence is the property of certain surfaces to change colour depending on the angle of light refraction or reflection, or the angle of view

Soap bubble iridescence C017 / 8524
Soap bubble iridescence. Iridescence is the property of certain surfaces to change colour depending on the angle of light refraction or reflection, or the angle of view

Soap bubble iridescence C017 / 8523
Soap bubble iridescence. Iridescence is the property of certain surfaces to change colour depending on the angle of light refraction or reflection, or the angle of view

Ernest Dorsey, US physicist C016 / 4566
Noah Ernest Dorsey (1873-1959), US physicist and measurement scientist. Dorsey obtained his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University (1897)

Rutherford backscattering spectrometer C016 / 3834
Rutherford backscattering spectrometer chamber. This is a view of the inside of one of the chambers of the spectrometer. Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS)

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer C016 / 3830
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. NMR spectroscopy measures the resonance between an applied magnetic field and the magnetic moment of a molecules atoms

Pulse laser deposition apparatus C016 / 3828
Pulse laser deposition apparatus. Close-up of the sample holder of a pulse laser (blue light) being used to deposit material on the surface of a photovoltaic cell

Photovoltaic cell testing C016 / 3829
Photovoltaic cell testing. Set-up for an I-V (current-voltage) test stand for testing of a photovoltaic cell. This is a point contact configuration for the apparatus

Raman laser spectroscopy C016 / 3826
Raman laser spectroscopy. Close-up of a display screen, laser beams, and microscope objectives. This LabRAM HR Raman laser spectrometer is being used to obtain phase

Molecular beam mass spectrometer C016 / 3825
Molecular beam mass spectrometer (MBMS). This machine is being used to analyse vapours during gasification and pyrolysis processes in research into the thermochemical conversion of renewable energy

Silicon cluster manufacturing tool C016 / 3822
Silicon cluster manufacturing tool. Technician working on a silicon cluster tool, used for robotic assembly of silicon devices in a vacuum

X-ray crystallography C016 / 3823
X-ray crystallography. Researcher using an X-ray machine to obtain crystal diffraction patterns of proteins for 3-D imaging of enzymes

Scanning probe microscopy sample holder C016 / 3820
Scanning probe microscopy sample holder

Scanning electron microscopy C016 / 3816
Scanning electron microscopy. Researcher using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to characterize samples of various materials

Atomic processing microscopy C016 / 3817
Atomic processing microscopy. Researcher operating an atomic processing microscope (APM). This device is being used to carry out nanoscale characterization of solid-state materials

TOF SIMS spectrometer C016 / 3814
TOF SIMS spectrometer. Time-of-flight (TOF) secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS), used to analyse the surfaces of samples of various materials

Raman scattering analysis C016 / 3812
Raman scattering analysis. Researcher using a laser spectrometer to carry out a Raman scattering characterization analysis on photovoltaic (solar panel) materials

SIMS surface spectroscopy analysis C016 / 3813
SIMS surface spectroscopy analysis. Researcher using a secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) to carry out surface analysis of various samples

Electro-optical laser characterization C016 / 3811
Electro-optical laser characterization. Femtosecond laser being used to characterize the electrical and optical properties of semiconductor and solid-state materials

Chemistry lab C013 / 9130
Chemistry lab. Researcher in a physical and organic chemistry laboratory. Photographed in Minsk, Belarus

Discovery of radium by the Curies, 1898
Discovery of radium by the Curies, as depicted in a caricature published in the British weekly magazine Vanity Fair in 1904

Lord Rayleigh discovering argon, 1894
Lord Rayleigh working with argon, as depicted in a caricature published in the British weekly magazine Vanity Fair in 1899

Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist
Thomas Graham (1805-1869), Scottish chemist. Graham ignored his fathers wish that he should enter the church, and studied science, a decision that led to professorships in Glasgow, Scotland

Anode patterns, 19th century
Anode patterns. Various designs for anodes shaped to produce patterns by electrolytic deposition of metals. These patterns are usually referred to as Nobili rings

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