Tony Fraser
Chemist
Environmental and Biochemical Sciences
Scottish Crop Research Institute
United Kingdom
Biography
Tony Fraser is an infrared spectroscopist working in the infrared (IR) Section of the Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy sub-group of the Environmental and Biochemical Sciences group. He joined the institute in 1965 as a member of Colin Farmer’s infrared spectroscopy team to work on the IR analysis of clay minerals and soil organic matter which resulted in co-authorship of more than 70 publications. He became Head of the IR section in 1990 then retired in 2003 and during the latter period established and developed the IR spectroscopic analysis of commercial samples as a source of external income.
Research Interest
Biochemical Sciences
Publications
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Lumsdon, D.G. and Fraser, A.R., (2005) Infrared spectroscopic evidence supporting heterogeneous site binding modles for humics substances., Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 6624-6631.
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Kleja, D.B., Standring, W., Oughton, D.H., Gustafsson, J.P., Fifield, K., and Fraser, A.R., (2005) Assessment of isotopically exchangeable Al in soil materials using Al-26 tracer., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 5263-5277.
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Certini, G.; Wilson, M.J.; Hillier, S.; Fraser, A.R.; Delbos, E., (2006) Mineral weathering in trachydacitic-derived soils and saprolites involving formation of embryonic halloysite and gibbsite at Monte Amiata, Central Italy., Geoderma, 133, 173-190.
