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Merrell R. Fenske

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Chemical Engineering Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States 
Area:
separations, hydrocarbon chemistry, and lubrication
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(1904 - 1971)
http://www.che.psu.edu/aboutus/history.htm

Early in 1929, Merrell R. Fenske (Sc.D., MIT, 1928) became associated with the School of Chemistry and Physics in a research and instructional capacity.

With distillation equipment of unprecedented design installed in Pond Laboratory, he began studies on the composition of the lower boiling point fractions of Pennsylvania crude oil.

Exciting results came quickly, industrial and government support proliferated, and in 1931 additional laboratory space was obtained in the Old College Power Plant. Those were the humble origins of the Petroleum Refining Laboratory, which soon gained international recognition.

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Per K. Frolich grad student 1928 MIT
 (Studies of methanol catalysts)

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Michael Robert Cannon grad student 1935 Penn State
Elmer Erwin Klaus grad student 1952 Penn State (E-Tree)
Thomas M. Reed, III grad student 1952 Penn State

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Klaus EE, Tewksbury EJ, Fenske MR. (1962) Preparation, properties, and some applications of super-refined mineral oils Asle Transactions. 5: 115-125
Hersh RE, Fenske MR, Matson HJ, et al. (1948) Identification of Pennsylvania lubricating oils Analytical Chemistry. 20: 434-444
Stone RW, Fenske MR, White AG. (1942) Bacteria Attacking Petroleum and Oil Fractions. Journal of Bacteriology. 44: 169-78
Fenske MR, Stevenson CE, Rusk RA, et al. (1941) Oxidation of lubricating oils: Apparatus and analytical methods Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 13: 51-60
Cannon MR, Fenske MR. (1941) Viscosity measurement Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 13: 299-300
Rescorla AR, Carnahan FL, Fenske MR. (1937) Development of acidity in certain lubricating oils on use or oxidation Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 9: 574-576
Rescorla AR, Carnahan FL, Fenske MR. (1937) Electrometric titration of acids in oxidized petroleum oils Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 9: 505-508
Mccluer WB, Fenske MR. (1934) A method for evaluating the viscosity-temperature characteristics of oils Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 6: 389-392
Willihnganz EA, Mccluer WB, Fenske MR, et al. (1934) Viscosity of petroleum products: Methods and apparatus for viscosity measurement Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 6: 231-234
Quiggle D, Tongberg CO, Fenske MR. (1934) Apparatus for boiling point and boiling range measurements Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 6: 466-468
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