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Article: Free Radicals: 1900-2000.
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- Canadian Chemical News
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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Canada's significant contribution to the history of free radical chemistry.
The year 1900 was marked by two events of great significance for the development of free radical chemistry, especially for Canada. The first was the discovery of the triphenylmethyl radical by Moses Gomberg at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, an event that marked the beginning of the modern age of free radical chemistry. The second was the birth of E. W. R. Steacie, on Christmas Day, in Montr[acute{e}]al, QC. Steacie [1] was the founder of free radical chemistry in Canada, and this field has been one in which Canada has enjoyed international prominence for 70 years.
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