Arturo Miolati

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Arturo Miolati (born March 2, 1869 in Mantua , † February 23, 1956 in Rome ) was an Italian chemist. In addition to his research on organic and inorganic chemistry , he worked with Alfred Werner on studies of the electrical conductivity of aqueous solutions of cobalt amine complexes and the definition of Werner's theory of coordination compounds . In the technological field, he dealt with the synthesis of ammonia .

life and work

After studying at the Royal Technical Institute of Mantua, which he finished in 1886, he received a diploma in chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich in 1889 and a diploma in philosophy from the University of the Swiss city in 1891.

In 1893 he began working with Alfred Werner, the founder of the modern theory of coordination connections. In the same year he was called to Rome by Stanislao Cannizzaro , where he obtained his teaching qualification in 1894 and where he was an assistant from 1898 to 1901, then winning the competition for the first Italian Chair in Electrochemistry created in the Turin Industrial Museum, which in 1906 became the Turin Polytechnic.

Miolati continued his collaboration with Werner and extended his investigations to the ruthenium , iridium and platinum complexes . He was involved in the Italian Society for the Advancement of Science and advocated the promotion of young talent. His students included Alberto Chilesotti , Giordano Giacomello and Luigi Casale .

In 1917 he was appointed to the Chair of General and Organic Chemistry at the University of Padua , where he became Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences in 1928 and Director of the School of Pharmacy in 1929, and in 1932 he founded the Chair of Physical Chemistry . In 1948 he was appointed a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The beginnings of electrochemistry in Padova.
  2. ↑ A. Werner, A. Miolati: Contributions to the constitution of inorganic compounds. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry. 12U, 1893, doi : 10.1515 / zpch-1893-1203 , pp. 35-55.
  3. ↑ A. Werner, A. Miolati: contributions to the constitution of inorganic compounds. III. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry. 21U, 1896, doi : 10.1515 / zpch-1896-2119 , pp. 225-238.
personal data
SURNAME Miolati, Arturo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Mantua
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1956
Place of death Rome