1920– British physical chemist noted for the study of very fast reactions and for his contributions to the public understanding of science.
Keywords: flash photolysis; free radicals; Norrish; Royal Institution; chemical education
Porter, George
Noel G Coley, The Open University, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002897
| Further Reading | |
| book Porter G (1963) "Flash photolysis". In: Weissberger A (ed.) Techniques of Organic Chemistry, vol. 8, part 2. London: Interscience. | |
| book Porter G (1967) "Flash photolysis". In: Ashmore PG, Dainton FS and Sugden TM (eds) Photochemistry and Reaction Kinetics, pp. 93–111. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Porter G (1972) "Flash photolysis and some of its applications". Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1962–1970, pp. 241–265. Amsterdam: Elsevier. (Reproduced in: Science (1968) 160: 1299–1307.) | |
| book Campbell WA and Greenwood NN (eds) (1971) Contemporary British Chemists. London: Taylor and Francis. | |
| book Laidler KJ (1993) "George Porter". In: James LK (ed.) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992, pp. 487–493. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and the Chemical Heritage Foundation. | |
