Stanislav Landa
Stanislav Landa (born August 30, 1898 in Vrútky , Turz County , Kingdom of Hungary ; † March 31, 1981 ) was a Slovak chemist.
Life
Landa studied at the University of Chemical Engineering in Prague and then went to the Institute of Fuel Technology. In 1922 he received his doctorate and after stays abroad in Nancy, Paris and Romania and his habilitation in 1929 he was a private lecturer at the Czech Technical Institute in Prague. In 1933 he became head of research at the Bata works in Zlin and in 1945 technical director of the hydrogenation works in Litvinov. In 1947 he became a professor of fuel technology at the University of Chemical Engineering in Prague. There he worked until 1973 as the laboratory for synthetic fuels.
Landa discovered adamantane while examining oil from South Moravia in 1933 . He also worked on fuel technology, the biodegradation of phenols in wastewater, and sulfidic catalysts for hydrogenation.
literature
- Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989, p. 257
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Landa, Stanislav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vrútky , Turz County , Kingdom of Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1981 |