Burshtein, Rebekah Haimovna

Rebekka Khaimovna Burshtein (05.06.1904, Smorgon of the Oshmyany district of Vilna province - 01.10.1992, Moscow) - Soviet electrochemist, doctor of chemical sciences, professor (1942).

Rebekah Haimovna Burshtein
Date of Birth	May 6, 1904 ( 1904-05-06 )
Place of Birth	Oshmyany county , Vilnius province
Date of death	October 1, 1992 ( 1992-10-01 ) (88 years old)
Place of death	Moscow
Scientific field	electrochemistry
Awards and prizes

Tanner's daughter. She graduated from Leningrad University (1926).

From March 1 to June 20, 1926, he was a researcher at the Natural Division of the Public Library in Leningrad.

She worked at the Physico-Chemical Institute. L. Ya. Karpov (1927-1947) with A. I. Rabinovich, then in the laboratory of A. N. Frumkin.

In the years 1946-1958 - head. laboratory at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1958-1992 - the head. Laboratory of the Institute of Electrochemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Doctor of Chemical Sciences (1941), Professor (1942). The author of about 260 scientific publications. Received 25 copyright certificates.

Some publications:

• The effect of oxygen and water vapor on the surface properties of germanium and silicon // Surface properties of semiconductors. M., 1962 (et al.);
• The effect of chemisorbed gases on the work function of metals. 1965 (et al.);
• Investigation of the relationship between the structure and electrochemical characteristics of a porous gas electrode. M., 1963 (et al.).

The Stalin Prize of 1943 - for the creation of new types of galvanic cells and batteries that are stable in winter conditions.

The 1951 Stalin Prize - for the development of anti-corrosion methods at a diffusion plant.

Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR (1965). She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and three medals.

She died on October 1, 1992 in Moscow. She was buried at the Khovansky cemetery .

Her husband is a botanist, phytocenologist T. A. Rabotnov . Brother - Ilya Efimovich Burshtein , twice winner of the Stalin Prize (1943, 1950). Cousin - Moses Isaakovich Burshtein , Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor.