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Lonsdale

[ lŏnzdāl′ ]
Dame Kathleen Yardley 1903-1971
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Irish physicist noted for using x-ray analysis to show that the carbon atoms in the benzene ring are arranged hexagonally and are in the same plane (1929).
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