This event (October 1–6, 1956) was important in respect to the plan to establish the Institute of Electrochemistry. In particular, it was necessary to show the interaction of basic and applied electrochemistry, and to highlight contribution of Frumkin school into powr sources research, which was announced as one of two goals of future institute (another one was related to semiconductors).
The meeting welcomed a number of prominent guests from abroad, and also collected contributions from various branches of electrochemistry in USSR (the total number of talks was 138, and the number of participants approached 1000). Collection of conference talks in Russian was published in 1959, and its translation (three volumes) was published by Consultant Bureau in 1961 under the title “Soviet Electrochemistry” <should not be confused with the same title of translated version of the periodical journal Elektrokhimiya, started in 1965!>. This translation allows international readership to see, albeit belatedly, what happened in Russian electrochemistry during the dark period when translations of original articles were impossible. The Proceeding contents were as follows: Vol.1 (Kinetics and Polarography); Vol.2 (Oxidation and Reduction); Vol.3 (Applied).
We present below a number of texts from these volumes authored by the members of Frumkin school. After this list, a small selection of talks from other schools is also presented because these talks are mentioned in discussions (see at the end of this page).
Levich V.G. The diffusion kinetics of electrochemical reactions. V. 1. P. 139-148.
Nikolaeva-Fedorovich N.V., Damaskin B.B. Effect of the radius of base electrolyte cations on the reduction of persulfate anion on a mercury electrode. V. 1. P. 183-190. This publication contains very rare data on cation-dependent temperature effect on peroxodisulfate reduction, with qualitatively different effects of Na+ and Cs+ (positive and negative apparent activation energies, respectively). Possible explanation is the destruction of interfacial Cs+*S2O82- ion pairs responsible for faster reaction rate in presence of Cs+.
Zhdanov S.I., Zykov V.I., Kalish T.V. Mechanism of the reduction of some oxygen-containing anions. V. 1. P. 191-195. The reduction of nitrate and bromate anions on mercury is studied.
Balashova N.A., Merkulova N.S. Study of the specific adsorption of ions and position of the electrocapillary zero by means of <radioactive> tracers. V. 1. P. 23-26. More precise data were collected later for the same systems, and quantification of ions adsorption was improved by more precide real surface area determination. This report is the starting point of radiotracer technique development for adsorption studies.
Podvyazkin Yu.A., Shlygin A.I. Charging curves of powdered catalysts and adsorbents. V. 1. P. 27-30. Two types of measurements are presented: for compacted powders located in a small vessel, and for suspended powders.
Usachev D.N., Vagramyan A.T. Mechanism of the electroreduction of chromic acid. V.2. P. 108-111.
Kabanov B.N. Mechanism of oxygen liberation <evolution> on oxide electrodes. V. 2. P. 141-144. We should draw a specially attention to foreign contribution to this topic: Erdey-Gruz T., Safarik I. Effect of cations on oxygen overvoltage. V. 2. P. 145-150. Tibort Erdey-Grúz (1902-1976) was Hungarian scientist of a great international value. At this stage we failed to find his articles on cations effect published in more usual sources.
Shlygin A.I., Bogdanovskii G.A. Mechanism of electrooxidation of some compounds on platinum. V. 2. P. 171-174. Oxidation of organic compounds and SO2 is addressed.
Veselovskii V.I. Mechanism of electrochemical oxidation. V. 2. P. 163-170. Most probably this work related to chlorine electrolysis (V. 2. P. 194-198) also belongs to Veselovskyi’s lab, but we failed to identify the authors.
Bagotskii V.S. Electrode processes in new electrochemical sources of current. V. 3. P. 127-131. ‘New’ means the batteries of higher specific capacitance as compared to lead-acid battery: silver-zinc battery (which Bagotsky’s team developed for scape program at the end of 1950s), battery with mercuric oxide electrode, magnesium battery, various batteries with air depolarization.
Kryukova T.A. The growth of zinc dendrites in some swelling polymers. V. 3. P. 147-151. This work is a pert of solver-zinc battery research in the Institute of Power Sources.
Rozentsveig S.A., Levina V.I. The mechanism of activation of an iron electrode by small amount of nickel oxides. V. 3. P. 163-167. V.I. Levina is collaborator of S.A. Rozentsveig in the Research Battery Institute (St.Petersburg).
Shurmovskaya N.A., Burshtein R.Kh. The iron-carbon cell. V. 3. P. 179-183.
Leikis D.I. The effects of salt and oxide layers deposited during discharge on the passivation of electrodes in storage batteris. V. 3. P. 184-186. In the file, there is a misprint in the second initial.
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Topical discussions (published in an abbreviated form): double layer, adsorption’, V. 1. P. 31-35; ‘kinetics’, V. 1. P. 99-105; ‘hydrogen overvoltage’, V. 1. P. 134-135; ‘diffusion kinetics’, V. 1. P. 168-174; ‘polarography’, V.1. P, 261-264; ‘electrodeposition’, V.2. P. 92-100 and V.3. P. 80-84; ‘reduction’, V.2. P. 118-120; ‘oxygen overvoltage’, V. 2. P. 159-160; ‘oxidation’, V.2. P. 199-203; ‘passivity and corrosion’, V.2. P.263-264; ‘nonferrous metallurgy’, V. 3. P. 122-124; ‘power sources’, V. 3. P. 190-194; ‘chemical industry’, V. 3. P. 225-231.
See below the works mentioned in discussions, which are absent from the Frumkin school list above.
Antropov L.I. Kinetics of electrochemical reactions and the electrocapillary zero of metals. V. 1. P. 11-17. Lev Ivanovich Antropov (1913-1994) originated from Ural school, worked in Yerevan, Novocherkassk, and other places, but finally his name is associated with Kiev, where he headed the Dept in Polytechnical Institute starting from 1960.
Vishomirskis R.M., Matulis Yu.Yu. Role of inorganic ions in the electrolytic liberation <evolution> of hydrogen from acid solutions on a rotating cathode. V. 1. P. 121-124. Juozas Matulis (1899-1993) and his younger colleague Romanas Višomirskis (1928-1995) were key persons of the Institute of Chemistry and Chemical technology in Vilnud, Lithuania (the leading institute in electroplating research in USSR).
Gorbachev S.V. A formulation of the problem of evaluating the concentration polarization in transient state electrolysis. V. 1. P. 149-152. Sergey Vasilievich Gorbachev (1899-1979) headed the Dept of physical chemistry in Moscow Chemical-Technological Institute. In 1950, after anti-Semitic pogrom in science, he became Chief Editor of Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. He played very active role in the attempts to cancel scientific results of Frumkin, Temkin, Levich, and their followers.
Yurkov V.A. The neutralization of metallic ions at macrodistances from the cathode. V. 2. P. 85-87. The author is a physicist affiliated with Arkhangel’sk Forestry Institute, his further works had no relation to electrochemistry. Experimental configuration and observations are rather unusual.
Antipin L.N. Role of a metal – molten salt equilibrium in electrode processes. V. 2. P. 112-114. Lev Nikolaevich Antipin from Ural Polytechnical Institute (Yekaterinburg) was an expert in molten salt electrolysis and specially in aluminum technology (PhD 1953, DSc 1971).
Agladze R.I. Hydrometallurgy of manganese and chromium. V. 3. P. 30-34. Rafael’ Il’ich Agladze (1911-1989) is a founder of manganese electrometallurgical technology in Georgia, with the previous experience of research in Moscow Chemical-Technological Institute (PhD 1938 on manganese electrochemistry, supervised by P.M. Lukianov).
Polukarov M.N. Hydrogenation of steel cathodes during electrodeposition of metals. V. 3. P. 38-39. Mikhail Nikolaevich Polukarov (1895-1975) was the former student of D.V. Alekseyev in Perm (Ural region), and continued to develop metals hydrogenation topic during all his life.
Stender V.V. Electrolysis as a link between some metallurgical and chemical industries (some new processes of hydroelectrometallurgy). V. 3. P. 87-91. Vladimir Vel’gel’movich Stender (1897-1969)
Flerov V.N. The effects of ageing processes on the operation of alkali-zinc batteries. V. 3. P. 152-155. Valeryi Nikolaevich Flyerov (1925-2013) headed the Dept of Electrochemical technology in the Polytechnical Univ of Nizhnyi Novgorod (Gor’kyi).