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William Chandler Roberts-Austen

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William Chandler Roberts-Austen (1843 to 1902) was an English metallurgist who served as Chemist and Assayer of the Royal Mint and professor of metallurgy at the Royal School of Mines. Using thermal analysis, he plotted the freezing and transformation temperatures of iron-carbon alloys across their range of composition, producing the constitution diagrams that became the iron-carbon phase diagram at the foundation of steel metallurgy. The high-temperature phase of iron and steel, austenite, is named for him.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1843 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1902-11-08 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1902 1
FieldSourced to the subject's own account
Physical Metallurgy 1
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London, United Kingdom 2
Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 2
Birthplace
Kennington, United Kingdom 2
Field
Field (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Physics 1
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1. William Chandler Roberts-Austen (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen (3 March 1843 in Kennington, 22 November 1902 in London) was an English metallurgist noted for his research on the physical properties of metals and their alloys.
  • Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
    He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1875 and was their Bakerian Lec
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2. William Chandler Roberts-Austen (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    Q174193
  • P20 (place of death): London, United Kingdom
    Q84
  • P19 (place of birth): Kennington, United Kingdom
    Q146696
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