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Dr Jeff Franks
BSC PhD CChem MRSC
Inorganic Analysis
Jeff obtained his BSc from the University of Durham in 1979. He joined ICI in 1985 as an experienced analytical chemist with approximately 11 years experience in the food and steel industries and in local government. This included analysis of food products, boiler waters, effluents, coke oven by-products, air and water pollution, and asbestos identification.
He started in the X-Ray Fluorescence laboratory within the Inorganic Analysis team, analysing inorganic components of polymers and visiting other ICI sites to help them evaluate XRF instruments.
In 1987 Jeff became involved with a new technique, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), as part of an ICI task force to evaluate the technique. This gave him the opportunity to study for a Ph.D. with the University of Hull on a part time basis. Jeff became a Research Scientist in Atomic Spectroscopy in 1992, and since late 2000 has been managing the Inorganic Analysis team.
His interests and experiences are in Inorganic Characterisation related to the chemical industry especially relating to catalysts, polymers and process streams.
