Nernst Equation
Nikolsky Equation for the glass electrode
Derivation is published by Boris Petrovich Nikolskyi (1906-1990): On the theory of glass electrode I. Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 10. P. 495-503. Experimental verification (co-authored by T.A. Tolmacheva) includes Part II in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 10. P. 504-512 (effect of B2O3 and Al2O3 in glass on glass electrode properties), and Part III in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 10. P. 513-523 (transition from H- to Na-function). This work was mostly done in Saratov (Volga region), where Nikolsky was in exile after he was arrested in 1935. At the end of 1937, he was arrested again and sent to detention camp at the North. Fortunately, he was released in 1939 and returned to Leningrad. Part V appeared in 1953. V. 27. P. 724-743, also in Russian.
“Absolute potential” (Kanevskyi potential)
Starting article of Efim Abramovich Kanevskyi: On the theory of electrode potential. 1. The essence of the electrode potential and a problem of possibility to calculate the absolute potential // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1948. V. 22. P. 1397-1404. In respect to absolute potential, he also addressed ions hydration: Hydration energy of ions. I. Calculation of the absolute heats of ions hydration on the basis of experimental data // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1949. V. 23. P. 723-728. His later articles: Electrode potential and electrochemical potential of the electrone in metal // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1954. V. 28. P. 1228-1234; On the origin of electrode potential // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1954. V. 28. P. 1228-1234. All these articles and a long discussion presented below are only available in Russian.
Pleskov‘s comment to Kanevskyi potential: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1949. V. 23. P. 104.
Comment of Pleskov and Ershler on determination of a single potential drop from spectroscopic and thermochemical data: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1949. V. 23. P. 101-103. This is discussion with E. Gapon, which intersected with discussion of Kanevskyi potential.
Kanevskyi’s answer to Pleskov: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1950. V. 24. P. 254-255.
The next Pleskov‘s comment: ZhFKh 1950. V. 24. P. 379-
Kanevskyi’s answer to repeated objections of Pleskov (“Is it possible to develop thermodynamic theory of the electrode potential?”): Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1950. V. 24. P. 1511-1514.
Kanevskyi: Zh Fiz Khim (1951) 25:854 ; (1952) 26:633
Ershler BV, Pleskov VA Zh Fiz Khim (1951) 25:1258
Kanevskyi’s article Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1953. V. 27. P. 296
Ershler’s comment to Discussion on the “absolute” potential scale: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1954. V. 28. P. 957-960.
Kanevskii EA (1981) Doklady AN SSSR 257:926
We have a limited information about E.A. Kanevskyi. His 1945 PhD thesis addressed polarographic determination of Nb and Ta, and was most probably completed in the Institute of rare metals (ГИРЕДМЕТ) in frames of uranium research. In 1946 he was sent to a ‘secret’ institution near Moscow as a head of analytical lab, and in 1955 became a head of pysico-chemical laboratory in the Institute of Chemical Technology (ВНИИХТ), which played the leading role in Russian atomic project. He was active up to at least early 1980s, as one can judge from publications in Russian.