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Armourers & Brasiers’ Company Prize

Royal Society of London

Description

The Royal Society Armourers & Brasiers' Company Prize is awarded biennially, in odd years, for excellence in materials science and technology.

Recipients

The Armourers & Brasiers' Company Prize was last awarded in 2003, to Professor Derek Fray, University of Cambridge, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to work in the fields of extractive metallurgy and materials chemistry, in particular for his leading role in the development of the FCC process for the reduction of titanium and other metals from their oxides, and for his promotion of links with industry and other organisations interested in its exploitation.