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The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory (PTCL) is a major
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. It is located in the main Science Area of the university on South Parks Road. Previously it was known as the Physical Chemistry Laboratory.


History

The original Physical Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1941 and at that time also housed the inorganic chemistry laboratory. It replaced the Balliol-Trinity Laboratories. The east wing of the building was completed in 1959 and inorganic chemistry, already in its own building on South Parks Road, then became a separate department in 1961. In 1972, the Department of Theoretical Chemistry was established in a house on South Parks Road, and in 1994, the amalgamation of the physical and theoretical chemistry departments took place. This was followed shortly by the theoretical group moving into the PTCL annexe in 1995. The university is in the early planning stages of the demolition of the PTCL building, to be replaced by a second chemistry research laboratory.


Selected chemists

The following Oxford Physical and Theoretical chemists are of note: * John Albery *
Peter Atkins Peter William Atkins (born 10 August 1940) is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. He retired in 2007. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including ''Physical Chemistry'', ''Ino ...
* Ronnie Bell * E. J. Bowen * Richard G. Compton *
Charles Coulson Charles Alfred Coulson (13 December 1910 – 7 January 1974) was a British applied mathematician and theoretical chemist. Coulson's major scientific work was as a pioneer of the application of the quantum theory of valency to problems of ...
* Frederick Dainton * Cyril Hinshelwood * Peter J. Hore * Graham Richards * Rex Richards * Timothy Softley * Robert K. Thomas * Harold Thompson


See also

* Balliol-Trinity Laboratories, a forerunner of the PTCL * Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford


References


External links


Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory website


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