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Veniamin Levich

Ukrainian physicist (1917-1988) · Russia · On the map · Scientists

Veniamin Grigorievich (Benjamin) Levich was a Soviet dissident who was an internationally prominent physical chemist, electrochemist, and founder of the discipline of physico-chemical hydrodynamics. He was a student of the theoretical physicist, Lev Landau.

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Olin Palladium Award1973
Mendeleev Medal1963
Order of the Badge of Honour

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His landmark textbook Physicochemical Hydrodynamics is widely considered his most important contribution to science. The Levich equation describing a current at a rotating disk electrode is named after him. His research activities also included gas-phase collision reactions, electrochemistry, and the quantum mechanics of electron transfer.

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1987 · aged 69