Nikolai Nikolayevich Beketov
Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Beketow ( Russian: Николай Николаевич Бекетов , scientific transliteration Nikolaj Nikolayevich Beketov ; * January 1 July / January 13, 1827 greg. In Alfjorjewka; † November 30 jul. / December 13, 1911 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian chemist .
Life
He graduated from Kazan State University in 1849 . After returning to Saint Petersburg, he worked with Nikolai Zinin in his medical laboratory for four years . In 1855 he became a research assistant in the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Kharkiv . From 1859 to 1886 he taught as a professor at this university . In 1886 he moved back to Saint Petersburg, where he worked in the university's chemistry laboratory and lectured at the university for women . In 1890 he gave lectures on "Basics of Thermochemistry " at Lomonossow University in Moscow .
Between 1859 and 1865, Beketow proved that aluminum is able to leach other metals from their oxides at high temperatures . In later years these experiments served as the starting point for the development of aluminothermics .
Honors
The lunar crater Beketov was named after him.
literature
- "Research on the displacement phenomenon in metals" ("Исследования над явлениями вытеснения одних металлов другими"), doctoral thesis 1849
Individual evidence
- ^ Winfried R. Pötsch, Annelore Fischer and Wolfgang Müller with the collaboration of Heinz Cassebaum : Lexicon of important chemists . Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1988, p. 37, ISBN 3-323-00185-0 .
- ↑ Clemens Winkler: About the reduction of oxygen compounds by magnesium In: Reports of the German chemical society. 23, 1890, pp. 2642-2668, doi : 10.1002 / cber.189002302161 .
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SURNAME | Beketow, Nikolai Nikolayevich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Бекетов, Николай Николаевич (Russian); Beketov, Nikolaj Nikolayevich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian chemist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1827 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Alfjorievka |
DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1911 |
Place of death | St. Petersburg |