Our very 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, to show the starting period.

Early articles on various topics

Kobozev N., Temkin M., Frayberg S. Oxidation of nitrogen <di>oxide into nitrogen anhydride by means of ozone under weak electric discharge // Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii. 1933. V. 3. P. 534-539, in Russian.

Temkin M. Hydrogen isotope and heavy water // Uspekhi Khimii. 1934. V. 3. P. 217-235, in Russian.

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.

Temkin M.I. Theory of rheometers calibration // Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1939. V. 8. P. 597-599, in Russian.

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-Pyzhev Equation

Temkin M., Pyzhev V.. 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.

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.

Temkin M.I. On the logarithmic adsorption isotherm // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1947. V. 21. P. 517-519, in Russian. Discussion with Evgeny Nikitich Gapon (1904-1950), who was a person from Moscow Agricultural Academy active in various fields (obituary in Russian).

Temkin M.I. The kinetics of reactions <occuring> at solid surfaces, and a problem of the catalyst having the highest activity // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1957. V. 31. P. 3-26, in Russian <review>.

Temkin M.I. Two-step kinetics on inhomogeneous surfaces // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1965. V. 161. P. 205-208. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1965. V. 161. P. 160-163.

Activation energy

Temkin M. Relation between the apparent and the true activation energy of heterogeneous reactions // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1935. V. 2. P. 313-316.

Temkin M. Activation energy of the discharge of hydrogen ions // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1948. V. 22. P. 1081-1089, in Russian.

Temkin M.I. Activation energy and preexponential factor for electrochemical reactions // In: Proceedings of the meeting on electrochemistry (Moscow, December 1950). Moscow: Acad. Sci. Publ., 1953. P. 181-192, in Russian.

See also 1955 and 1956 discussion texts of Frumkin and Temkin.

Electromotive force

Temkin M.I. Volta problem in electrochemistry // Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Otdelenie Khimicheskikh Nauk. 1946. No 3. P. 235-244, in Russian (the talk presented at Akademy session on Nov 22, 1945, dedicated to Frumkin’s 50th birthday).

Temkin M.I., Khoroshin A.V. On the theory of thermoelectric phenomena in electrolyte solutions // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1952. V. 26. P. 500-508, in Russian.

Khoroshin A.V., Temkin M.I. Thermoelectric and thermodiffusion phenomena in electrolyte solutions // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1952. V. 26. P. 737-786, in Russian.

Gas transport (partially immersed electrode)

Kanaster M.B., Temkin M.I. The rate of ionization of hydrogen on active electrodes // Doklady Phys. Chem. 1963. V. 152. P. 841-844. Russian version: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1963. V. 152. P. 658-661.

Valuable data and techniques

Romanushkina A.E., Kiperman S.L., Temkin M.I. Determination of small amounts of nitrogen in gases // J. Anal. Chem. USSR. 1952. V. 7. P. 351-352.

Gelishtein A.I., Temkin M.I. Vapor-liquid phase equilibria in the P₂O₅-H₂O system // J. Gen. Chem. USSR. 1953. V. 23. P. 1343-1347. The data are presented for pressures 1 – ca. 20 atm, temperatures up to ca. 350^oC, and P₂O₅ content up to ca. 76 wt.%.

Temkin M.I. Calculation of the surface area from the data on vapor adsorption // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1955. V. 29. P. 1610-1613. Application of BET isotherm to determine the real surface area.

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.