Kai Grjotheim
Kai Gudbrand Grjotheim (born July 13, 1919 in Åsnes , † April 17, 2003 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian chemist ( inorganic chemistry , metallurgy , physical chemistry ). He mainly dealt with aluminum electrolysis.
Grjotheim studied chemical engineering at the Technical University in Trondheim with his degree in 1950 and was then an assistant and from 1955 a lecturer. In 1956 he received his doctorate, was a post-doctoral student in 1956/57 at the University of Toronto and in 1959 he became professor of chemistry at the newly founded University of Trondheim , from 1961 professor of physical chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby near Copenhagen and from 1973 Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oslo . In 1989 he retired.
He made improvements in aluminum electrolysis and the press metallurgy of aluminum, where he worked closely with industry worldwide. He also studied chemistry at high temperatures.
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences .
Fonts
- Contribution to the theory of aluminum electrolysis, Trondheim 1956
- Edited with T. Førland, K. Motzfeldt, S. Urne: Selected Topics in High Temperature Chemistry, 1966
- with C. Krohn: Aluminum Electrolysis. The chemistry of the Hall-Héroult process, Düsseldorf, 1977
- with BJ Welch: Aluminum Smelter Technology: a pure and applied approach, Düsseldorf 1980
literature
- Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989, p. 179
Web links
- Biography in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
- Kai Gudbrand Grjotheim in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grjotheim, quay |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grjotheim, Kai Gudbrand (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian chemist (inorganic chemistry, metallurgy, physical chemistry) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Åsnes |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 2003 |
| Place of death | Oslo |