Merle Randall, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Merle Randall

American physical chemist

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1888

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1950

Profession: physicist, chemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Merle Randall (January 29, 1888 – March 17, 1950) was an American physical chemist famous for his work with Gilbert N.
Lewis, over a period of 25 years, in measuring reaction heat of chemical compounds and determining their corresponding free energy.
Together, their 1923 textbook "Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances" became a classic work in the field of chemical thermodynamics. In 1932, Merle Randall authored two scientific papers with Mikkel Frandsen: “The Standard Electrode Potential of Iron and the Activity Coefficient of Ferrous Chloride,” and “Determination of the Free Energy of Ferrous Hydroxide from Measurements of Electromotive Force.”