Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov

Chemist, Academic

1860 – 1941

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Who was Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov?

Nikolaĭ Semenovich Kurnakov was a Russian chemist who was internationally recognized as the originator of physicochemical analysis and he was one of the principal founders of the platinum industry in the USSR. A chemical reaction that he pioneered, known as the Kurnakov test, is still used to differentiate cis from trans isomers of divalent platinum and is his best-known contribution to coordination chemistry.

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Born
Dec 6, 1860
Nolinsk
Nationality
  • Russia
Profession
Died
Mar 19, 1941
Barvikha

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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