Corporate Body
CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry (1958 - 1966)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- From
- 8 Oct 1958
Australia - To
- 22 August 1966
- Functions
- Industrial or scientific research
Summary
When the Division of Industrial Chemistry was reorganised in 1958, the Division of Physical Chemistry was created. Major concerns of the Division were flotation and surface chemistry. In 1966 the Divisions of Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry were replaced by a single Division, the Division of Applied Chemistry.
Related entries
Timeline
1940 - 1958 CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry
1958 - 1966 CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry
1966 - 1974 CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry
1974 - 1987? CSIRO Division of Chemical Technology
1974 - 1988 CSIRO Division of Applied Organic Chemistry
1988 - 1990 CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark I)
1988 - 1997 CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers
1990 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Forest Products (mark II)
1991 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Forestry
1997 - 2005 CSIRO Division of Molecular Science
1990 - 1995 CSIRO Division of Forest Products (mark II)
1995 - 2007 CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark II)
1995 - 2007 CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products (mark II)
2005 - CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies
2004 - 2007 ENSIS
2007 - 2008 CSIRO Division of Forestry Biosciences
2008 - CSIRO Division of Plant Industry
Controlling Corporate Bodies
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Published resources
Books
- Schedvin, C.B; Trace, K., Historical Directory of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1926-1976 (Canberra: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/csiro_historical_directory_1926_1976.pdf. Details
Journal Articles
- Spurling, Thomas H.; and Solomon, David H., 'Sefton Davidson Hamann 1921-2009', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (2) (2009), 255-271 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09019. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476724. Details
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