biography
| name: |
Rideal, Sir Eric Keightley
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pronunciation:
[riydl]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1890–1974)
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| biography:
| British chemist. He worked at Cambridge (1930–46), the Royal Institution, London (1946–9), and London University (1950–5). He studied colloids and catalysis, and devised the Rideal–Walker test for the germicidal power of a disinfectant. |
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