Frederick George Keyes (June 24, 1885 – April 14, 1976) was an American physical chemist.^{[1] [2]} Keyes was most notable for inventing a method to sterilize milk using ultraviolet rays, and discovering that ultraviolet rays kill germs.^[3] According to the National Academies Press, Keyes was also notable for "advances in thermodynamics, equations of state of gases, and thermodynamic properties, in particular liquid water and steam".^[2]

Keyes received a B.Sc. degree from the University of Rhode Island and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Brown University.

Keyes was head of the department of chemistry at MIT,^[1] and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences,^[1][2] the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.^[4][5]

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