William M. Hess

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William Manert Hess (April 28, 1928 - August 22, 2017) was a Columbian Chemicals Company scientist known for contributions to characterization of carbon black dispersion in rubber. [1]

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Education

Hess completed his education at Long Island University. [2]

Career

Hess joined the Columbian Chemicals Company in 1950. He was promoted to the position of manager of the Columbian Physics Laboratory in 1955. He was promoted to Senior Scientist in 1961. Hess retired in 1987, but continued as a consultant until his death.

Hess was a prolific researcher and author in the area of carbon black technology. His most cited work investigated the application of electron microscopy to the study of carbon black. [3] His works on characterizing the distribution and dispersion of carbon black in rubber and its blends, and on the application of fractal descriptors are also highly cited. [4] [5] [6] [7] He was the 1985 recipient of the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award from the ACS Rubber Division. He received the 1993 Lavoisier Medal of the Société Chimique de France. He received an Honoris Causa Doctorate from the University of Haute-Alsace in Mulhouse France in 2000. [8]

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References

  1. "WILLIAM HESS OBITUARY". legacy.com. The News Star. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. "Hess to Address Chemical Group Here Thursday". Monroe Morning World. Robert Ewing. 24 April 1965. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  3. Heidenreich, R.D.; Hess, W. M.; Ban, L. L. (1968). "link to html A test object and criteria for high resolution electron microscopy". Journal of Applied Crystallography. 1: 1–19. doi:10.1107/S0021889868004930 . Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  4. Hess, W. M.; Herd, C. R. (1993). Carbon Black (2 ed.). New York: Taylor and Francis. doi:10.1201/9781315138763-3. ISBN   9781315138763 . Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  5. Herd, Charles R.; McDonald, Gerard C.; Hess, William M. (1 March 1992). "Morphology of Carbon-Black Aggregates: Fractal Versus Euclidean Geometry". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 65 (1): 107–129. doi: 10.5254/1.3538594 . Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  6. Hess, W. M. (1 July 1991). "Characterization of Dispersions". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 64 (3): 386–449. doi: 10.5254/1.3538562 .
  7. Hess, W. M.; Scott, C. E.; Callan, J. E. (1 May 1967). "Carbon Black Distribution in Elastomer Blends". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 40 (2): 371–384. doi: 10.5254/1.3539053 .
  8. "Former Columbian Chemicals physicist wins honorary doctorate". Rubber and Plastics News. Crain. 13 November 2000. Retrieved 3 September 2022.