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Metcalfe, K. A.

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Chemist

Summary

K. A. Metcalfe worked for the Munitions Supply Laboratories (later Defence Standards Laboratory) in Adelaide after World War II. He undertook experiments on making images with dry powders on photosensitive paper coated with zinc oxide and developing the electrostatic images from suspensions of resins and dyes in organic fluids. A flow-on from this work was the introduction of colour photocopying.

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1958
Award - Award of Merit, Professional Officers Association

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Rosanne Walker

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