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He left in 1950 to work in the UK with the British company, [[Laporte plc|Laporte Industries]] where his work found commercial potential.
He left in 1950 to work in the UK with the British company, [[Laporte plc|Laporte Industries]] where his work found commercial potential.


Two years later he returned to the CSIRO, pioneering studies in [[microwave chemistry]] and [[Plasma (physics)|gas plasma reactions]]. McTaggart was a member of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia (SCA).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=June 1987|title=First Ewald Prize awarded to John Cowley and Alec Moodie|url=https://scanz.iucr.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/84029/sca15.pdf|journal=Society of Crystallographers in Australia Newsletter|volume=No.15|pages=5|via=}}</ref>
Two years later he returned to the CSIRO, pioneering studies in [[microwave chemistry]] and [[Plasma (physics)|gas plasma reactions]]. In June 1965 he presented at the Vllth lnternational Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, and in April 1967, was invited by the Unites States Air Force to the American Chemical Society Conference at Miami, Florida, then addressed the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Conference in London.<ref name=":0" />


His research led to patents as assignor to the CSIRO, including US 3,533,777 ''Production of metals from their halides'' filed Nov. 2 1966 for an apparatus and process for producing metals from the [[Halide|halides]] of metals of Groups I, II, III and [[Rare-earth element|rare earth]] metals. It comprised of generating a plasma through high frequency eIectromagnetic energy within a gas or a vapor of that halide to cause the halide to dissociate, and then separating the metal thus produced from the other dissociation products, a process in which an auxiliary gas, hydrogen, helium or nitrogen, may also be used in conjunction with the halide.<ref>Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. (1970). United States: U.S. Patent Office https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/_HPNAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA532&dq=Frederick+Kenneth+McTaggart</ref> He filed another patent<ref>{{Cite patent|title=Plasma sintering|gdate=1967-09-05|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3432296A/en}}</ref> on Sept. 5, 1967 for ''Plasma sintering'' with Neil Mckinnon, B.C.E. Garnsworthy, Lloyd S. Williams, which was issued March 11, 1969<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plasma sintering - Patent US-3432296-A - PubChem|url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/patent/US-3432296-A|access-date=2020-12-19|website=pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref><ref>United States. Patent Office (1969) Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office, Part 1], United States. Patent Office</ref>
His research led to patents as assignor to the CSIRO, including US 3,533,777 ''Production of metals from their halides'' filed Nov. 2 1966 for an apparatus and process for producing metals from the [[Halide|halides]] of metals of Groups I, II, III and [[Rare-earth element|rare earth]] metals. It comprised of generating a plasma through high frequency eIectromagnetic energy within a gas or a vapor of that halide to cause the halide to dissociate, and then separating the metal thus produced from the other dissociation products, a process in which an auxiliary gas, hydrogen, helium or nitrogen, may also be used in conjunction with the halide.<ref>Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. (1970). United States: U.S. Patent Office https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/_HPNAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA532&dq=Frederick+Kenneth+McTaggart</ref> He filed another patent<ref>{{Cite patent|title=Plasma sintering|gdate=1967-09-05|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3432296A/en}}</ref> on Sept. 5, 1967 for ''Plasma sintering'' with Neil Mckinnon, B.C.E. Garnsworthy, Lloyd S. Williams, which was issued March 11, 1969<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plasma sintering - Patent US-3432296-A - PubChem|url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/patent/US-3432296-A|access-date=2020-12-19|website=pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref><ref>United States. Patent Office (1969) Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office, Part 1], United States. Patent Office</ref>


Aside from his oft-cited ''Plasma chemistry in electrical discharges'' published in 1967,<ref>{{Citation|author1=McTaggart, F. K. (Frederick Kenneth)|title=Plasma chemistry in electrical discharges|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10679900|publication-date=1967|publisher=Elsevier|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> McTaggart was author or co-author on a number of papers in journals including ''Australian Journal of Chemistry, Nature,'' and the ''Journal of Applied Chemistry'' on experimental research into its physics and chemistry and its applications.
Aside from his oft-cited ''Plasma chemistry in electrical discharges'' published in 1967,<ref>{{Citation|author1=McTaggart, F. K. (Frederick Kenneth)|title=Plasma chemistry in electrical discharges|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10679900|publication-date=1967|publisher=Elsevier|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref> McTaggart was author or co-author on a number of papers in journals including ''Australian Journal of Chemistry, Nature,'' and the ''Journal of Applied Chemistry'' on experimental research into its physics and chemistry and its applications.

McTaggart was a member of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia (SCA).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=June 1987|title=First Ewald Prize awarded to John Cowley and Alec Moodie|url=https://scanz.iucr.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/84029/sca15.pdf|journal=Society of Crystallographers in Australia Newsletter|volume=No.15|pages=5|via=}}</ref>

== Publications: ==
== Publications: ==


Revision as of 23:36, 19 December 2020

Frederick Kenneth McTaggart (1918-2004) was an Australian scientist who led pioneering research into studies in microwave chemistry and gas plasma reactions[1] – the production and use of ionised gas –and its applications from electronics to thermal coatings, and leading to subsequent treatment of polymers to fuel conversion and hydrogen production and from plasma metallurgy to plasma medicine. He invented and patented for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation novel apparatuses for the production of metals from halides using plasma jets or microwaves, and published in the field.

Early life and education

Frederick Kenneth McTaggart (known as 'Ken') was born in 1918 to Cyril McTaggart and Hilda Theresa McTaggart (born Daniel). He was educated at Melbourne Boys High School 1931-1936, joining a school debating team, and its orchestra of which he was leader in 1934, and was elected a prefect in 1935.[2] He was a ham radio enthusiast, involved in the school Wireless Club, of which he was Vice-President, and built his own set, the 'MHS Twin'. His interest continued into adulthood, when in 1949 he was issued an Amateur Radio Licence.[3]

In 1937 McTaggart passed his first year of a Bachelor of Science[4] in Chemistry at Melbourne University[5][6] and in April 1939 was conferred Bachelor of science in Wilson Hall[7] and in 1940 gained his Master of Science[8][9] His doctorate in Chemistry was conferred at Melbourne University in 1954.

Career

In 1942, on the recommendation of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, McTaggart was made an employee of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. He headed a team in what was to become the Minerals Utilization Section of the future CSIR Division of Industrial Chemistry (created 1959)[10] in which Isabel Joy Bear was a Junior Laboratory Assistant.[11][12] Described as "one of the more imaginative members",[10] his initial investigations were into the chlorination of rutile, then the concept of butyl titanate heat-resistant paints.

For his work there, in 1946 he was awarded the University of Melbourne's Grosvenor Laboratories Prize for 1946 by the Australian Chemical Institute, for work in applied chemical science on futile sand, phosphate rock, graphite and beryl "which has contributed to the advancement of the welfare of the community",[13][14][15][16][17] and the Grimwade prize in industrial research for 1946 for his "Mineral Chlorination Studies.”[18]

He left in 1950 to work in the UK with the British company, Laporte Industries where his work found commercial potential.

Two years later he returned to the CSIRO, pioneering studies in microwave chemistry and gas plasma reactions. In June 1965 he presented at the Vllth lnternational Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, and in April 1967, was invited by the Unites States Air Force to the American Chemical Society Conference at Miami, Florida, then addressed the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Conference in London.[10]

His research led to patents as assignor to the CSIRO, including US 3,533,777 Production of metals from their halides filed Nov. 2 1966 for an apparatus and process for producing metals from the halides of metals of Groups I, II, III and rare earth metals. It comprised of generating a plasma through high frequency eIectromagnetic energy within a gas or a vapor of that halide to cause the halide to dissociate, and then separating the metal thus produced from the other dissociation products, a process in which an auxiliary gas, hydrogen, helium or nitrogen, may also be used in conjunction with the halide.[19] He filed another patent[20] on Sept. 5, 1967 for Plasma sintering with Neil Mckinnon, B.C.E. Garnsworthy, Lloyd S. Williams, which was issued March 11, 1969[21][22]

Aside from his oft-cited Plasma chemistry in electrical discharges published in 1967,[23] McTaggart was author or co-author on a number of papers in journals including Australian Journal of Chemistry, Nature, and the Journal of Applied Chemistry on experimental research into its physics and chemistry and its applications.

McTaggart was a member of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia (SCA).[24]

Publications:

  • McTaggart FK Turnbull AG (1964) Zirconium difluoride. Australian Journal of Chemistry 17, 727-730. https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9640727
  • McTaggart FK (1964) Reactions of carbon monoxide in a high-frequency discharge. Australian Journal of Chemistry 17, 1182-1187. https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9641182
  • McTAGGART, F. New proton-Containing Oxides of Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium. Nature 199, 339–341 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199339a0
  • McTAGGART, F. Reduction of the Alkali and Alkaline Earth Halides by Active Hydrogen. Nature 206, 616 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206616a0
  • McTaggart, F.K. Systematic chemistry of the transition elements - recent chemistry of titanium, zirconium and hafnium. Reviews in Pure and Applied Chemistry. 1951. 152-170. http://hdl.handle.net/102.100.100/337739?index=1
  • McTaggart, F.K. and Bear, J. (1955), Phototropic effects in oxides. I. Titanium dioxide. J. Appl. Chem., 5: 643-653. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5010051203
  • Graham, J., & McTaggart, F. K. (1960). Observations on the systems Th-S, Th-Se and Th-Te. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 13(1), 67-73.
  • McTaggart, F. K., & Wadsley, A. D. (1958). The sulphides, selenides, and tellurides of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, and thorium. I. Preparation and characterization. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 11(4), 445-457.
  • McTaggart, F. K. (1961). Reduction of zirconium and hafnium Oxides. Nature, 191(4794), 1192-1192.
  • Blackwood, J. D., & McTaggart, F. K. (1959). Reactions of carbon with atomic gases. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 12(4), 533-542.
  • Blackwood, J. D., & McTaggart, F. K. (1959). The oxidation of carbon with atomic oxygen. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 12(2), 114-121.
  • McTaggart, F. K. (1964). Reduction of silica in a hydrogen discharge. Nature, 201(4926), 1320-1321.
  • McTaggart, F. K., & Turnbull, A. G. (1964). Zirconium difluoride. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 17(7), 727-730
  • Dorman, F. H., & McTaggart, F. K. (1970). Absorption of microwave power by plasmas. Journal of Microwave Power, 5(1), 4-16.
  • McTaggart, F. K. (1964). Reactions of carbon monoxide in a high-frequency discharge. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 17(10), 1182-1187.
  • McTaggart, F. K., & Moore, A. (1958). The sulphides, Selenides, and Tellurides of Titanium, Zirconium, Hafnium, and Thorium. IV. Lubrication properties of the graphitic chalcogenides. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 11(4), 481-484.
  • Black, A. L., Dunster, R. W., Sanders, J. V., & McTaggart, F. K. (1967). Molybdenum bisulphide deposits—their formation and characteristics on automotive engine parts. Wear, 10(1), 17-32.McTaggart, F. K. (1963). New proton-containing oxides of titanium, zirconium and hafnium. Nature, 199(4891), 339-341.
  • McTaggart, F. K. (1965). Reduction of the alkali and alkaline earth halides in high-frequency discharges. I. Hydrogen discharge. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 18(7), 937-948.
  • Bear, J., & McTaggart, F. K. (1958). Phototropic effects in oxides. II. White oxides in general. Journal of Applied Chemistry, 8(1), 72-76.
  • Chandler, B. V., & McTaggart, F. K. (1971). Fluorine atoms from an RF electric discharge. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 24(12), 2683-2684.
  • McTaggart, F.K. Mineral chlorination studies. 1. Production of titanium tetrachloride from Australian rutile sand. Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. 1945; 18(1):5-26. http://hdl.handle.net/102.100.100/338864?index=1
  • McTaggart, F. K. (Frederick Kenneth) (1967), Plasma chemistry in electrical discharges, Elsevier, retrieved 19 December 2020

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  3. ^ Savage, Luke (October 2020). "Radio Days" (PDF). Melbourne High School Old Boys’ Association Inc. Newsletter.
  4. ^ "UNIVERSITY PASSES". The Age. No. 25513. Victoria, Australia. 22 January 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 19 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "UNIVERSITY CLASS LISTS AND EXHIBITIONS". The Age. No. 25, 837. Victoria, Australia. 7 February 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 19 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY". The Age. No. 25228. Victoria, Australia. 22 February 1936. p. 24. Retrieved 19 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "PAGEANT AT 'VARSITY DEGREE CONFERRING". The Herald. No. 19, 305. Victoria, Australia. 1 April 1939. p. 43. Retrieved 19 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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  10. ^ a b c Bear, IJ; Biegler, T; Scott, TR (2001). "Alumina to Zirconia". doi:10.1071/9780643104884. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ "Isabel 'Joy' Bear". CSIROpedia. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  12. ^ McTaggart, F. K.; Bear, Joy (1955). "Phototropic effects in oxides. I. Titanium dioxide". Journal of Applied Chemistry. 5 (12): 643–653. doi:10.1002/jctb.5010051203. ISSN 1934-998X.
  13. ^ "PERSONAL". The Mercury. Vol. CLXV, , no. 23, 839. Tasmania, Australia. 5 May 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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  16. ^ "PERSONAL". Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate. No. 22, 024. New South Wales, Australia. 6 May 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 19 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "ABOUT PEOPLE". The Age. No. 28, 712. Victoria, Australia. 5 May 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 19 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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  19. ^ Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. (1970). United States: U.S. Patent Office https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/_HPNAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA532&dq=Frederick+Kenneth+McTaggart
  20. ^ [1], "Plasma sintering", issued 1967-09-05 
  21. ^ "Plasma sintering - Patent US-3432296-A - PubChem". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  22. ^ United States. Patent Office (1969) Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office, Part 1], United States. Patent Office
  23. ^ McTaggart, F. K. (Frederick Kenneth) (1967), Plasma chemistry in electrical discharges, Elsevier, retrieved 19 December 2020
  24. ^ "First Ewald Prize awarded to John Cowley and Alec Moodie" (PDF). Society of Crystallographers in Australia Newsletter. No.15: 5. June 1987. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
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