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Donald Bannerman Macleod (21 July 1887 – 8 March 1972) was a New Zealand molecular physicist.

Early life and education

Born at Doyleston, near Christchurch, in 1887, Macleod studied at Canterbury University College, graduating with an MA with first-class honours in chemistry in 1910.

Academic career

Following his graduation, Macleod was appointed as a lecturer in physics at Canterbury and worked there until his retirement in 1953 as an associate professor. He had a research collaboration with Professor Coleridge Farr from 1911 to 1936. In 1922 Macleod was awarded a DSc from Canterbury University College.

His work covered the viscosity of sulphur and the internal pressure of liquids.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1935 and in 1940 he was awarded the society's Hector Medal for his work in the field of molecular physics.

Selected publications

• Macleod, Donald Bannerman (1910). "Rate of oxidation of acetaldehyde to acetic acid". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 33–52.
• Farr, C. Coleridge; Macleod, D.B. (1910). "Further experiments on the influence of artesian water on the hatching of trout". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 55–57.
• Farr, C. Coleridge; Skey, Henry Fawsit; Macleod, Donald Bannerman; Marshall, P. (1916). A magnetic survey of the Dominion of New Zealand and some of the outlying islands for the epoch 30th June, 1903. Wellington: New Zealand Government.
• Macleod, D.B. (1923). "On a relation between the viscosity of a liquid and its coefficient of expansion". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 19: 6–16. doi:10.1039/TF9231900006.
• Macleod, D.B. (1934). "The composition of binary mixtures and their viscosities". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 30: 482–493. doi:10.1039/TF9343000482.
• Macleod, D.B. (1945). "On a direct calculation of the viscosity of a liquid, both under ordinary pressures and high pressures, from the viscosity of its vapour, on the basis of a new equation of state". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 41: 771–777. doi:10.1039/TF9454100771.
• Macleod, D.B. (1947). "The calculations of the latent heat of vaporisation and the viscosity of CO₂ under pressure on the basis of a revised equation of state". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 43: 169–172. doi:10.1039/TF9474300169.

References

1. "Births". The Press. 10 August 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
2. "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ma". Retrieved 18 August 2014.
3. "N.Z. University". The Press. 12 May 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
4. ^ "Death of Dr Macleod" (PDF). Chronicle. 7 (2). University of Canterbury. April 1972. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
5. "N.Z. University: official examination results". The Prress. 8 May 1922. p. 10. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
6. "Minutes of the annual meeting, 22nd May, 1940". Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 70: II. 1940–41. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

• 1887 births
• 1972 deaths
• People from Doyleston
• University of Canterbury alumni
• Academic staff of the University of Canterbury
• Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
• New Zealand physicists
• Thermodynamicists
• 20th-century New Zealand physicists