Mikhail Isaakovich Temkin (1908-1991) was a truly unique personality. He cannot be straightforwardly assigned to Frumkin school, as he created his own school in the field of chemical kinetics and catalysis. He remained a trusted ally and friend of Frumkin and his school during all his life. The former Temkin’s lab in Karpov Inst still supports a less formal web site in Russian, where one can find photos of Temkin’s family, his photos of various periods, as well as group photos of the lab.
110th anniversary article by D.Yu. Murzin in Kinetics and Catalysis. 2019. V. 60. P. 388-397.
100th anniversary article by D.Yu. Murzin in J. Molecular Catal. A. 2010. V. 315. P. 105-107.
90th anniversary article in Russ. J. Electrochem. 2009. V. 45. P. 957-959.
Our small collection of Temkin’s works includes mostly his articles being of joint interest for heterogeneous catalysis and electrochemistry. Some less known early articles are also included.
Temkin M.I., Bach A.N. Sorption of hydrogen by palladium in the absence and presence of water // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1934. V. 5. P. 809-811, in Russian. The starting period in Karpov Inst.
General kinetics
Temkin M. The transition state in surface reactions // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1938. V. 8. P. 141-170. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 11. P. 169-189.
Temkin M.I. The Arrhenius equation and the active complex method // Acta Phisicochim. URSS. 1940. V. 12. P. 733-746. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 1054-1063.
Temkin isotherm
Temkin M.I. On the kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic processes // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 1153-1158, in Russian. This is a conference talk, which explains, in particular, how the isotherm was first applied by Temkin to Frumkin-Shlygin results on hydrogen adsorption on the platinum electrode (translation of Frumkin and Slygin is available). Page 1159 presents Temkin’s discussion with S.Yu. Elovich.
Temkin M.I. Adsorption equilibrium and the kinetics of the processes at non-uniform surfaces and in case of interaction of adsorbed molecules // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1941. V. 15. P. 296-332, in Russian. This principal isotherm article is available in Russian in e-book <start from page 42>.
Temkin M., Levich V. Adsorption equilibrium on heterogeneous surfaces // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1946. V. 20. P. 1441–1457, in Russian, further development of the isotherm.
Activation energy
See also 1955 and 1956 discussion texts of Frumkin and Temkin.
Temkin-Pyzhev Equation
M. Temkin, V. Pyzhev. Kinetics of ammonia synthesis on promoted iron catalyst // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 851-867, in Russian. Translated version: Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1940. V. 12. P. 327-356.
Terminology
Kabanov B.N., Temkin M.I. On the sign of electrode potential and electromotive force // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1954. V. 28. P. 2258-2261, in Russian. IUPAC 1953 decision about convention for the choice of this sign is critically analyzed. See also Latimer’s 1954 note.