Most of the people here are planetary specialists, physicists, inorganic chemists, mechanical engineers, and so forth.
This all coming from the mouth of an inorganic chemist (not myself).
Among inorganic chemists, the S1 reaction is often known as the dissociative mechanism.
Andrea is a synthetic inorganic chemist by training but has been doing public science for years, particularly live chemistry for adults and children.
Michael B. Hall is an American inorganic and theoretical chemist.
Now you, I understand, are an inorganic chemist.
Mary Lowe Good is an inorganic chemist who does industrial research and has worked in government.
The catalytic cycle (Figure 1) illustrates well how a modern inorganic chemist thinks.
He was the first inorganic chemist to win the Nobel prize, and the only one prior to 1973.
Among inorganic chemists, the S2 reaction is often known as the interchange mechanism.