Anatoli Fedorovich Kapustinskii
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Anatoli Fedorovich Kapustinskii (29 December 1906 – 26 August 1960) was a Polish/Russian chemist
. He derived the Kapustinskii equation
that allows an estimation of the lattice energy of an ionic crystal.
(now Ukraine
). In 1914 he entered the Warsaw
Primary Gymnasium, in 1922 he finished a Secondary School in Moscow
. In 1923 he began his studies of chemistry at Moscow State University
. He graduated there in 1929. From 1929 to 1941 work in the Institute of Applied Mineralogy in Moscow. During this time (1935) he worked in Western Europe and in the USA, there for 1/2 year together with Gilbert N. Lewis
at the University of California
.
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
. He derived the Kapustinskii equation
Kapustinskii equation
The Kapustinskii equation calculates the Lattice Energy UL for an ionic crystal, which is experimentally difficult to determine. It is named after Anatoli Fedorovich Kapustinskii who published the formula in 1956....
that allows an estimation of the lattice energy of an ionic crystal.
Biography
Kapustinskii was born in the Polish city ZhytomyrZhytomyr
Zhytomyr is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion...
(now Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
). In 1914 he entered the Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
Primary Gymnasium, in 1922 he finished a Secondary School in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. In 1923 he began his studies of chemistry at Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
. He graduated there in 1929. From 1929 to 1941 work in the Institute of Applied Mineralogy in Moscow. During this time (1935) he worked in Western Europe and in the USA, there for 1/2 year together with Gilbert N. Lewis
Gilbert N. Lewis
Gilbert Newton Lewis was an American physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond , his purification of heavy water, his reformulation of chemical thermodynamics in a mathematically rigorous manner accessible to ordinary chemists, his theory of Lewis acids and...
at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
.
Scientific career
- 1933-1937: Professor and Director of the Department of Physical Chemistry of Gor'kii State University.
- 1937-1941: Moscow Steel Institute.
- 1941-1943: Kazan State University.
- from 1943: Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the D. I. Mendeleev Moscow Chemicotechnological Institute.
- 1939: Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
- from 1946: Main editorial Board of the Great Soviet EncyclopediaGreat Soviet EncyclopediaThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia is one of the largest and most comprehensive encyclopedias in Russian and in the world, issued by the Soviet state from 1926 to 1990, and again since 2002 .-Editions:There were three editions...
. - 1960: Honorary member of the Polish Chemical Society.