Richard C. Tolman Award Luncheon

We are pleased to celebrate Professor Alison Butler from the University of California, Santa Barbara as the recipient of the 2022 Richard C. Tolman Award. The luncheon will be Saturday, August 5 from 11:00-2:30 PM at the UCSB Faculty Club. The event is sponsored with the California Los Padres Section of the American Chemical Society. 

A buffet lunch will be served, followed by a lecture from Dr. Butler. 

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How Liquid Ammonia Transitions to Metal

In June of this year, Professor Stephen Bradforth of USC and his collaborators made the cover of Science magazine with their stunning results on how liquid ammonia transforms into a liquid metal as more alkali metals are dissolved into it. We are thrilled to have Professor Bradforth speak to our section about these exciting results this coming Sunday, November 8, 2020. Due to the pandemic, this lecture will be conducted over Zoom, and the details are below. Please join us for an exceptional talk on truly outstanding results. The abstract of the talk appears below.

SpeakerProfessor Stephen Bradforth
Title: Probing the transition from solution electrolyte to liquid metal
Date: Sunday November 6, 2020 
Time: 3:00 PM
Zoom Location: Please us the “Contact” link above to request the Zoom link for this lecture.
Cost: Free

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