Ilie Murgulescu was a Romania

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n physical chemist and a communist politician

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. He was president

President

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 of the Romanian Academy

Romanian Academy

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 (1960–1963) and Minister of Education (1953–1956 and 1960–1963).He founded the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy where he presided until 1977.His investigations on physical chemistry

Physical chemistry

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 covered a broad realm. Among main results can be cited those he got on molten salt

Molten salt

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s electrochemistry

Electrochemistry

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. He did doctoral work on Copper

Copper

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 thiosulfate

Thiosulfate

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 complex photochemistry

Photochemistry

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 under Fritz Weigert

Fritz Weigert

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 in Leipzig

Leipzig

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 as adviser.

His son participated in manifestations of support towards the Hungarian revolution

Hungarian Revolution

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 in 1956. This event affected Murgulescu's position in the government

Government

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. After a while he was reinstated at the ministry of Education.

He was elected honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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He authored a series of didactic books in 7 volumes on Physical chemistry called Introduction to Physical Chemistry printed between 1976-1984.

External links

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