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Robert Curl

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Robert Curl

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Also known as Robert Floyd Curl, Jr., R. Curl, R. F. Curl

químico de Estados Unidos

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Robert Curl was an American chemist who lived from 1933 to 2022 and made important contributions to the field of chemistry during his lifetime. His work was significant enough to be recognized by the scientific community, though the specific nature of his most important discoveries would require additional context to fully explain.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1996

    “for their discovery of fullerenes”

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Instance of
human
Given name
Robert
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Alice
Place of death
Houston
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
chemistry
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Robert Curl crop 2009 CHAO.jpg
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date of birth
1933-08-23
Commons category
Robert Curl
Erdős number
5
name in native language
Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
date of death
2022-07-03
interested in
chemical kinetics
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Article · Português

Robert Floyd Curl, Jr. (Alice, 23 de agosto de 1933 - 3 de julho de 2022) foi um químico estadunidense. Conjuntamente com Harold Kroto e Richard Smalley, foi agraciado com o Nobel de Química de 1996 pela sua descoberta dos fulerenos. Mediante experiências com laser com grafite a mais de 104 °C, descobriu a alotropia do carbono, em 1996.

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