Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975

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Physical chemist, director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Munich, professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan.

From the description of Kasimir Fajans papers, 1912-1987. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80453897

From the description of Kasimir Fajans papers, 1912-1975. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422856

Major affiliations include: Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (1911-1917); Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (1917-1935); and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (1936-1957). Died 1975.

From the description of Correspondence, 1935-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78404535

Born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1887, Fajans was educated in Germany and received a Ph.D from the University of Heidelberg in 1909. He did postdoctoral studies with Richard Willstater at Zurich University and with Ernest Rutherford in Manchester, England. In 1911 he joined the staff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. From 1917 to 1935 he was a professor at the University of Munich, serving as the Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry from 1932 to 1935. He was also director of the Institute for Physico-Chemical Measurements.

Before coming to the University of Michigan in 1936, Fajans had established an international reputation for his scientific achievements in many fields of both chemistry and physics. He was already an authority on many phases of radioactivity, refractivity, adsorption, molecular structure, crystal structure, photochemistry, and thermochemistry. In the early days of his studies in radioactivity, while working at Manchester, Karlsruhe, and Munich, Fajans was one of the first to develop the idea of matter as composed of isotopes of the several elements, and to make clear the nature of the transformation in the natural radioactive series. Fajans' studies on radioactivity established the radioactive displacement laws (Fajans-Soddy Displacement Laws) and helped place radioelements in the periodic system. The Fajans-Paneth-Hahn rule resulted from his work on the precipitation and absorption of radioelements and dye-ions. With Oswald Göhring, he discovered the Uranium x2 form of protactinium-234. His quanticule theory of chemical binding was the focus of his later work. Fajans retired from the university in 1957. He died in 1975.

From the guide to the Kasimir Fajans Papers, 1912-1987, 1936-1975, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan)

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creatorOf Hantzsch, A. (Arthur), 1857-1935. Letters. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975. Kasimir Fajans papers, 1912-1975. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Bueche, Arthur Maynard, 1920-1981. Autobiography, 1965. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Kisti︠a︡kovskiĭ, V. A. (Vladimir Aleksandrovich), 1865-1952. Papers, 1886-1950. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975. Correspondence, 1935-1972. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Lummer, O. (Otto), 1860-1925. Correspondence, 1899-1922. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Laue, Max von, 1879-1960. Papers. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Sahni, Ruchi Ram, 1863-1949. Memoirs, 1920. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Correspondence, 1906-1937. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Kolos, Wlodzimierz, 1928-1996. Files of Wlodzimierz Kolos. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Voight, Adolf Frank, 1914-. Response to 1981 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1982. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Herzfeld, Karl F. (Karl Ferdinand), 1892-. Oral history interview with Karl F. Herzfeld, 1962 June 14. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Kasimir Fajans Papers, 1912-1987, 1936-1975 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Hevesy, Georg von, 1885-1966. Oral history interview with Georg von Hevesy, 1962 May 25 and 4 February 1963. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Herzfeld, Karl F. (Karl Ferdinand), 1892-. Oral history interview with Karl F. Herzfeld, 1978 May 11. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Swinne, Richard. Richard Swinne letters, 1913-1916. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk), 1898-1950 American Philosophical Society
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referencedIn Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994. Oral history interview with Linus Carl Pauling, 1964 March 27. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Meyerhof, Otto, 1884-1951. Typewritten letters signed (2) : Berlin and Heidelberg, to Professor K. Fajans, 1925 June 12 and 1933 Sept. 27. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937. Ernest Rutherford correspondence, 1906-1937. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Sawyer, Ralph A. (Ralph Alanson), 1895-1978. Ralph A. Sawyer papers, 1918-1978. Bentley Historical Library
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Birth 1887-05-27

Death 1975-05-18

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