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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1962 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Edgar F. Westrum was affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States during their career in scientific research. The scientist's work spanned various academic activities, although specific details on publications, co-authors, and research topics are not documented in the available data.

Throughout their career, Edgar F. Westrum received recognition by being named a Fellow of two prominent scientific organizations. In 1962, they were inducted as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). The following year, in 1963, they were also honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

These distinctions reflect involvement and contributions within the scientific community. However, no detailed record of research papers, book publications, or specific fields and subfields of study linked to Edgar F. Westrum is noted in the accessible information.

Given that Edgar F. Westrum is deceased, the profile acknowledges their past contributions without current activity in research or academia.

Best Publications

  • Thermodynamics of polymorphic transformations in silica. Thermal properties from 5 to 1070° K and pressure-temperature stability fields for coesite and stishovite

    J.L Holm;O.J Kleppa;Edgar F Westrum

  • HEAT CAPACITIES AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF GLOBULAR MOLECULES. I. ADAMANTANE AND HEXAMETHYLENETETRAMINE1

    Shu-Sing Chang;Edgar F. Westrum

  • The Heat Capacity of Thorium Dioxide from 10 to 305°K. The Heat Capacity Anomalies in Uranium Dioxide and Neptunium Dioxide

    Darrel W. Osborne;Edgar F. Westrum

  • Low-temperature heat capacities of synthetic pyrope, grossular, and pyrope60grossular40

    H.T. Haselton;E.F. Westrum

  • The Entropy and Low Temperature Heat Capacity of Neptunium Dioxide

    Edgar F. Westrum;J. B. Hatcher;Darrell W. Osborne

  • Magnetite (Fe3O4) Heat capacity and thermodynamic properties from 5 to 350 K, low-temperature transition

    Edgar F. Westrum;Fredrik Grønvold

  • The thermodynamic properties and phase relations of some minerals in the system CaO-AI2O3-SiO2-H2O

    Dexter Perkins;Edgar F. Westrum;Eric J. Essene

  • Methanol: Heat Capacity, Enthalpies of Transition and Melting, and Thermodynamic Properties from 5–300°K

    H. G. Carlson;Edgar F. Westrum

  • thermodynamic-data-models-and-phase-diagrams-in-multicomponent-oxide-systems

    Olga B. Fabrichnaya;Surendra K. Saxena;Pascal Richet;Edgar F. Westrum

  • Thermodynamics of polynuclear aromatic molecules I. Heat capacities and enthalpies of fusion of pyrene, fluoranthene, and triphenylene

    Wen-Kuei Wong;Edgar F. Westrum

  • Thermodynamics of polynuclear aromatic molecules. III. Heat capacities and enthalpies of fusion of anthracene

    Paul Goursot;Harbans L. Girdhar;Edgar F. Westrum

  • The magnetic transition, heat capacity, and thermodynamic properties of uranium dioxide from 5 to 350 K†

    James J. Huntzicker;Edgar F. Westrum

  • THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE LANTHANIDE OXIDES. I. HEAT CAPACITIES, THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES, AND SOME ENERGY LEVELS OF LANTHANUM(III) AND NEODYMIUM(III) OXIDES FROM 5 TO 350°K.1

    Bruce H. Justice;Edgar F. Westrum

  • Thermodynamics of the System KHF2-KF-HF, Including Heat Capacities and Entropies of KHF2 and KF. The Nature of the Hydrogen Bond in KHF2

    Edgar F. Westrum;Kenneth S. Pitzer

  • Uranium Monosulfide. The Ferromagnetic Transition. The Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Properties from 1.5° to 350°K

    Edgar F. Westrum;Robert R. Walters;Howard E. Flotow;Darrell W. Osborne

  • HEAT CAPACITIES AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF GLOBULAR MOLECULES. VI. SUCCINONITRILE1

    Claus A. Wulff;Edgar F. Westrum

  • Thermophysics of the lanthanide hydroxides I. Heat capacities of La(OH)3, Gd(OH)3, and Eu(OH)3 from near 5 to 350 K. Lattice and Schottky contributions☆

    Robert D Chirico;Edgar F Westrum

  • The heat-capacity of ilmenite and phase equilibria in the system Fe-T-O

    Lawrence M. Anovitz;Allan H. Treiman;Eric J. Essene;Bruce S. Hemingway

  • Thermophysics of the lanthanide trihydroxides II. Heat capacities from 10 to 350 K of Nd(OH)3 and Tb(OH)3. Lattice and Schottky contributions

    Robert D Chirico;Edgar F Westrum

  • Dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone. Heat capacities, enthalpies of fusion, and thermodynamic properties

    H. Lawrence Clever;Edgar F. Westrum

  • Heat Capacities and Thermodynamic Functions of Iron Disulfide (Pyrite), Iron Diselenide, and Nickel Diselenide from 5 to 350°K. The Estimation of Standard Entropies of Transition Metal Chalcogenides

    Fredrik Gronvold;Edgar F. Westrum

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric J. Essene
Eric J. Essene University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Helmer Fjellvåg
Helmer Fjellvåg University of Oslo
Pascal Richet
Pascal Richet Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Steven R. Bohlen
Steven R. Bohlen United States Geological Survey
Mikhail Yu. Zolotov
Mikhail Yu. Zolotov Arizona State University
Kenneth S. Pitzer
Kenneth S. Pitzer University of California, Berkeley
Arne Kjekshus
Arne Kjekshus University of Oslo
Allan H. Treiman
Allan H. Treiman Lunar and Planetary Institute
John W. Valley
John W. Valley University of Wisconsin–Madison
William Howard Evans
William Howard Evans McMaster University

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