One patent and the papers we’ve found, from his ozone research at USC to rocket propellants at Rocketdyne. Thank you to everyone who helped track them down.
Patent · December 20, 1966
Shell Oil, Concord
New lubricant compositions from his years at Shell. The patent was issued to Shell after he had moved on to Rocketdyne.
Found with thanks to Frank Gunderloy
Paper · December 1955
University of Southern California, with Dr. Sidney Benson
How ozone breaks down into ordinary oxygen when it is heated, step by step and how fast. His doctoral research, and the work the 1995 Nobel essays point back to.
Found with thanks to Victoria Axworthy and Dr. Ira Goldberg
Paper · November 1964
Rocketdyne
A second look at the ozone numbers nearly ten years on.
Found with thanks to Dr. Ira Goldberg, California Lutheran University
Paper · May 1966
Rocketdyne
How fast tetranitromethane, a powerful oxidizer, comes apart when it is heated.
Found with thanks to Jack Sullivan
Paper · April 1969
Rocketdyne
The same question for chlorine pentafluoride, a rocket oxidizer.
Found with thanks to Jack Sullivan
Paper · November 1969
Rocketdyne
How methanes carrying several fluorine atoms break down under heat.
Found with thanks to Jack Sullivan
Paper · 1970 to 1972, published 2005
Rocketdyne
How light splits compounds made of two different halogens, such as chlorine and fluorine. The work was classified and only declassified and published in 2005.
Found with thanks to Dr. Karl Christe