Raffaello Nasini

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Raffaello Nasini
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Raffaello Nasini (born August 11, 1854 in Siena , † March 29, 1931 in Rome ) was an Italian chemist and professor of general chemistry at the Universities of Padua and Pisa .

life and work

Raffaello Nasini was born in Siena in 1854 as the son of the MP Giuseppe Nasini and his wife Olympia. He studied chemistry at the University of Pisa, where he received his doctorate in 1878. After working in the laboratory of Stanislao Cannizzaro in Rome and with Hans Heinrich Landolt in Berlin, he became Professor of General Chemistry at the University of Padua in 1891. In May 1906 he moved to the University of Pisa. His work contributed to the formation of one of the great schools of applied chemistry in Italy. Nasini was considered a versatile researcher with a focus on physical chemistry and analytical chemistry . Together with Ludwig Mond, he published an article on the physico-chemical properties of nickel tetracarbonyl .

The focus of his work in the field of analytical chemistry was on the investigation of volcanic rocks, the occurrence of boron in waters, the occurrence of noble gases and radioactive substances or the quality of Roman drinking water.

Nasini was married to his wife Evelina, who had a son from their first marriage. His brother-in-law was the Italian chemist Giacomo Luigi Ciamician . He died in Rome on March 29, 1931 at the age of 77.

Honors and memberships

Raffaello Nasini was awarded honorary doctorates from the Universities of Glasgow and Cambridge in recognition of his work . He was an honorary professor at the University of Padua. Nasini was a member of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze and honorary member of the French and Romanian Chemical Societies and the Royal Institution of Great Britain . He was also a corresponding member of other scientific associations, such as the Académie des Sciences in Paris since 1930 . He was a member of the German Chemical Society , to which he belonged for over 50 years.

In December 1921 he was awarded the Savoy Order of Civil Merit for his services to science . He was also awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy and was Commendatore of the Knightly Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus . The cities of Rome and Padua named streets after his name.

The Società Chimica Italiana awards him the Raffaello Nasini Prize for chemists under 40 years of age who have done outstanding work in the field of inorganic chemistry . The boron mineral nasinite (Na 2 [B 5 O 8 (OH)] · 2 H 2 O) was named after him.

literature

Web links

Commons : Raffaello Nasini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Mond, Raffaello Nasini: About some physical properties of nickel tetrakarbonyl and other nickel compounds. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry. 8U, 1891, doi : 10.1515 / zpch-1891-0813 .
  2. ↑ Raffaello Nasini: I soffioni ei lagoni della Toscana e la industria boracifera: storia, studi, ricerche chimiche e chimico-fisiche eseguite principalmente nell'ultimo venticinquennio . In: Tip. editrice Italia , 1930.
  3. ↑ Francesco Mauro, Raffaello Nasini, and Augusto Piccini: Analisi chimica delle acque potabili della città di Roma . In: Tip. F.lli Bencini , 1884.
  4. ↑ Senators of Italy
  5. ^ List of members since 1666: letter N. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 26, 2020 (French).
  6. ↑ A. Binz, H. Leuchs: Meeting of June 15, 1931. In: Reports of the German Chemical Society. 64, 1931, p. A129, doi : 10.1002 / cber.19310640765 .
  7. ↑ La Chimica Italiana all'inizio del Secolo XX ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Italian, PDF; 4.7 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chimica.unipd.it
  8. ^ Prices of the Società Chimica Italiana
  9. ^ Nasinit at mindat.org


personal data
SURNAME Nasini, Raffaello
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nasini, Raffaelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian chemist and professor of general chemistry at the Universities of Padua and Pisa
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Siena
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1931
Place of death Rome