Rudolf Brdička
Rudolf Brdička (born February 25, 1906 in Prague , † June 25, 1970 in Marienbad ) was a Czech chemist ( physical chemistry ).
Life
Rudolf Brdička studied chemistry at the Charles University in Prague from 1924 , where he was Jaroslav Heyrovský's assistant until 1939 and received his doctorate in 1929. In 1934 he completed his habilitation and became a private lecturer in physical chemistry and in 1934/35 he was at the University of California, Berkeley . During World War II he was a scientist at a hospital in Prague. In 1948 he became associate professor and in 1949 full professor of physical chemistry at Charles University in Prague. In 1954 he became director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the CSSR in Prague. In 1959 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
Like his teacher Heyrovsky, he dealt with electrochemistry and especially the polarography method (measurement of the electrolysis current on the mercury drop electrode ) from Heyrovsky, who received the Nobel Prize for it in 1959.
He applied polarography in the cancer diagnosis of blood serum (Brdicka reaction).
literature
- Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists . Harri Deutsch 1989, ISBN 3-8171-1055-3 , p. 64.
References and comments
- ↑ Member entry of Rudolf Brdicka at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 21, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brdička, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech chemist (physical chemistry) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1970 |
| Place of death | Marienbad |