McBain, James

Rideal, E. K. (1952-1953). James William McBain 1883-1953. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 8 529-547. 

Zeolites are complex inorganic minerals whose crystals contain pores that are regular and molecule-sized. The first natural zeolite was discovered in 1756 by the Swedish chemist Axel Frederic Cronstedt (1703-68). Heating a sample of the mineral using a blowpipe he watched it literally boil off water ( zeolite is derived from the Greek boiling stone ). In 1932, James W. McBain (1882-1953), at Bristol, discovered that zeolites have the ability to separate ( sieve ) molecules on the basis of size and shape and... 

P.O. von Weimarn (1879-1935), James W. McBain (1887-1953), Harry N. Holmes, Harry B. Weiser (1887-1950), and Lloyd H. Reyerson also made important contributions to the development of modern Colloid Science. 

Finally, Frumkin very much enjoyed a visit to the General Electric Laboratories in Schenectady, New York, where he was hosted by Irving Langmuir (31 January 1881-16 August 1957). Frumkin also delivered a lecture at Stanford University, Cahfomia, at the invitation of the Canadian chemist James William McBain (22 March, 1882-12 March, 1953). 

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