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Mikhail Usanovich

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Mikhail Usanovich · Science & Medicine

What

Chemist known for the Usanovich theory of acids and bases

When

1894, Zhitomir, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1981, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR (now Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Where

Russian Empire · Soviet Union

Biography

Mikhail Usanovich is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist known for the Usanovich theory of acids and bases

How & why

Mikhail Usanovich was a Soviet chemist known for the Usanovich theory of acids and bases (1939), one of the broadest generalizations of acid-base concepts, defining acids and bases by the transfer of positive and negative species. He was a professor and academician in Kazakhstan. He was of Jewish origin.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Chemist known for the Usanovich theory of acids and bases

1894

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry