Tibor Erdey-Grúz

Tibor Erdey - Grúz (born 27 October 1902 in Budapest, † August 16, 1976 ) was a Hungarian physical chemist and politician who until 1956 worked as the Hungarian Minister of Education in 1953.

Life

Erdey - Grúz studied in Budapest, where he received his doctorate in 1924. He then worked in Berlin and Munich, where he worked with Kasimir Fajans.

In the People's Republic of Hungary, he was from 1952 Minister of Higher Education under the Stalinist Prime Minister Mátyás Rákosi, from July 4, 1953 education mini Rochester in the reform phase under Nagy and in the Restalinisierungsphase under András Hegedüs until July 30, 1956. He belonged to the Communist Party of the Hungarian working people (MDP ).

Creation

Erdey - Grúz worked as a visiting scientist with Max Volmer. Together they launched forth a relationship between overvoltage and current density, which is known as the Butler -Volmer equation today, although the equation more accurately Erdey - Grúz -Volmer - Butler equation would mean, but this name would be for general use probably too long. It was therefore proposed the equation instead to call " Erdey - Grúz -Volmer equation ", partly because the significance of Butler's contribution to the derivation of the equation had been questioned - but these doubts are now dispelled.

Erdey - Grúz wrote several textbooks, especially for physical chemistry, but also on the topics of catalysis and corrosion. He was from February 1970 until his death in 1976 President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Writings (selection )

  • Fizikai - kémiai internship, 1965

The following books have also been translated into German or English:

  • Understanding the Structure of Matter ( 1967; Az anyagszerkezet alapjai, Budapest 1961)
  • The chemical sources of energy (1971; Az energia kémiai forrásai, Budapest 1967)
  • Transport phenomena in Aqueous solutions (1974; Transzportfolyamatok Vizes oldatokban, Budapest, 1971)
  • Kinetics of electrode processes (1975; Elektródfolyamatok kinetikája, Budapest, 1969; Kinetics of electrode processes, 1972)

Honors

Erdey - Grúz was twice, 1950 and 1956, awarded the Kossuth Prize.

October 27 Kazimierz Fajans Butler–Volmer equation Digital Object Identifier WorldCat
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