Professor

Robin Stokes

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Robin Stokes
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Emeritus Professor Robert (Robin) Stokes is internationally known for his research on the thermodynamics and transport properties of solutions with special reference to both the experimental and theoretical aspects of activities, conductances and diffusion in concentrated electrolyte solutions, and of diffusion in liquid mixtures. He has contributed significantly to the understanding of ionic hydration. The author of nearly fifty research papers since 1939, he has been awarded the Meldola Medal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, and the Rennie and Smith Memorial Medals of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

Expertise type

  • Chemistry
  • Electrolytes
  • Solution Thermodynamics

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Memoir

Robert (Robin) Harold Stokes 1918–2016

Robin Stokes was a chemist and Foundation Professor of Chemistry at the University of New England. He made outstanding contributions to the field of solution thermodynamics.
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Conversation with scientist

Professor Robin Stokes, chemist

Professor Robin Stokes interviewed by Professor Ken Marsh 23 April 2009.Robert (Robin) Stokes was born in England in 1918 and moved to New Zealand at age five. Stokes earned a BSc (1938), MSc (1940) and DSc (1949) from the Auckland University College and a PhD (1950) from the University of Cambridge.
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