Kenneth Wade

Kenneth Wade, FRS (13 October 1932 – 16 March 2014) was a British chemist, and professor emeritus at Durham University.[1]

He graduated from Nottingham University (as the first PhD student (1954-1957) of Norman Greenwood)[2][3] and Cornell University.[4] Wade's Rules, also known as Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory, are a set of electron counting rules to predict the shapes of borane clusters.[5][6]

Awards

References

  1. Department of Chemistry (2013-09-09). "Prof. K Wade - Durham University". Dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  2. Kenneth Wade (May 21, 2009). "Harry Julius Emeleus (1903 - 1993)" (PDF). Chemistry Academic Genealogy. University of Notre Dame, Chemistry/Physics Library. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  3. Johnson, Brian (25 November 2011). "Norman Greenwood tells his life story (May 2011)". Web of Stories. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  4. The International Who's Who 2004, Europa Publications
  5. "Wade’s Rules". Cnx.org. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  6. "Wade's Rules - Periodic Table of Videos". Periodic Videos. 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
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