Casimir Fayans ( Kazimierz Fayans , Polish. Kazimierz Fajans , English Kasimir Fajans ; May 27, 1887 , Warsaw - May 18, 1975 , Ann Arbor , Michigan ) - American physicist-chemist. Pole of origin.
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| Date of Birth | May 27, 1887 |
| Place of Birth | Warsaw , Kingdom of Poland |
| Date of death | May 18, 1975 (87 years old) |
| Place of death | Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA |
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Biography
He graduated from the University of Leipzig (1907), improved at universities in Heidelberg and Manchester . In 1911-1917 he taught at the Higher Technical School in Karlsruhe; Professor of Munich (1917-1935), University of Michigan (1936-1957).
Major works
Faience simultaneously with F. Soddy established ( 1913 ) the displacement rule during the decay of radioactive elements (see Radioactivity ), discovered the radioactive isotopes 234m Pa (UX2) and 215 Po (AcA), double decay 214 Bi (RaC); together with F. Panet formulated ( 1913 ) the rule of coprecipitation of radioactive elements (the Faience – Panet rule ). Faience's main works in the field of physical chemistry are devoted to refractometric studies , studying the relationship between the deformation of electron shells and the chemical and optical properties of inorganic compounds, studying undissociated molecules and complex ions in solutions of strong electrolytes , and the adsorption of ions and coloring materials on salt-like compounds. Foreign Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (since 1924 ).
Links
- Profile of Casimir Faience on the official website of the RAS
- Hramov Yu. A. Fayans Kazimierz (Kazimierz Fajans, Kasimir Fajans) // Physicists: Biographical Reference / Ed. A.I. Akhiezer . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Nauka , 1983 .-- S. 272. - 400 p. - 200,000 copies. (per.)