Before WWII – History of Electrochemistry

During this period, the vast majority of contributions originated from Karpov Institute and (later) Moscow University. At the end of 1930s, a new school branch in the Institute of Physical Chemistry started to develop. It mostly consisted of people from Karpov Institute, except A.T. Vagramyan (a number of his publications can be found at the end of this list).

In what follows, we copy pre-WWII publications of Z.A. Iofa and B.N. Kabanov from their individual lists in order to show continuity of the topics.

Bach-Nikolaeva N.A. On the negative catalysis // In: Proceedings of the 3rd conference on physico-chemical problems. 1928. P. 10-25.
Obrutschewa A. Über einige adsorption erscheinungen an silberjodid. II // Biochemische Z. 1929. Bd. 207. S. 25-27. Part I was published (no number) with Frumkin in the same journal.
Bruns B., Wanjan M. Die Inversion von Saccharose durch wasserstoffgesättigte platinierte Kohle // Z. Phys. Chem. 1930. Bd. 151. S. 97-102. This work was also published in Russian in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1930. V. 1. P. 381-384. About Wanjan, we only know that her name was Marie.
Bach N. A. On the dependence of stability of carbon suspensions on the gaseous cherging // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1930. V. 1. P. 575-587, in Russian.
Bruns B. On the effect of carbon milling on adsorption of fatty acids // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1930. V. 1. P. 673-677, in Russian.
Bruns B., Pilojan A. Über den Zusammenhang zwischen der Gasbeladung und der Adsorption von Elektrolyten durch aktivierte Kohle. VI. Der Mechanismus der Adsorption von starken Säuren durch aktivierte Kohle in einer Sauerstoffatmosphäre // Z. phys. Chem. 1931. Bd. 155. S. 77-83. Also published in Russian in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1931. V. 2. P. 241-246. Parts I and II of this series were published in 1929, and Parts III, IV, and V were published in 1930, see in Frumkin’s list of articles. Part VII (the last one) is the next item.
Bruns B., Pyschow W. Über den Zusammenhang zwischen der Gasbeladung und der Adsorption von Elektrolyten durch aktivierte Kohle. VII.Über die Einwirkung von Ozon auf aktivierte Kohle // Z. Phys. Chem. 1931. Bd. 157. S. 57-64. Also published in Russian in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1931. V. 2. P. 247-252. We cannot exclude that this Bruns co-author was V.M. Pyzhev, later famous for his joint work with M.I. Temkin.
Bruns B. Über den Einfluß der Zerkleinerung von Kohle auf die Adsorption von Fettsäuren // Kolloid Z. 1931. Bd. 54. S. 33-35.
Bruns B., Zarubina O. Electrolytes adsorption by activated carbon in presence of carbon monoxide // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1931. V. 2. P. 680-686, in Russian.
Bruns B., Pos E., Gorodetzkaja A., Perelman F. Über die Aktiven Zentren auf der Oberfläche aktivierter Kohle // Phys. Z. Sowjetunion. 1932. Bd. 2. S. 497-510. Also available in Russian in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1932. V. 3. P. 97-105.
Bruns B.P. Shatunovskaya E.G. Fabrication of silica gel from silicon tetrachloride, which is a waste of aluminum chloride fabrication from coalin // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1932. V. 3. P. 34-36, in Russian. E.G. Shatunovskaya originated from the school of N.A. Shilov, with whom she studied adsorption properties of carbons.
Proskurnin M.A. The point of zero charge of copper and silver // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1932. V.3. P.91-96, in Russian.
Burshtein R.Kh. Adsorption technique of titration // In: Modern physicochemical techniques of chemical analysis, issue 1, S.A.Shchukarev (ed.). Goskhimtech Publ. 1932. P. 305-313.
Bruns B., Zarubina O. On the shape of vapor adsorption isotherm on carbons with various degrees of activation // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1933. V. 4. P. 270-274, in Russian.
Burstein R., Lewin P., Petrow S. Aktivierte Adsorption von gasen an Kohle // Phys. Z. Sowjetunion. 1933. Bd. 4. S. 197-211.
Bruns B., Maximowa M., Pos E. Über den Mechanismus der Bildung von sauren Oxyden auf Kohlenoberflächen // Kolloid Z. 1933. Bd. 63. S. 286-291.
Bruns B., Maksimova M. On the adsorption ability of oxidized carbons // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1933. V. 4. P. 554-561, in Russian.
Bruns B., Zarubina O. Über die Änderung der Isothermengestalt bei fortschreitender Aktivierung von Kohlen // Kolloid Z. 1933. Bd. 64. S. 279-287.
Kabanow B. Über den Mechanismus der elektrolytischen Entfettung von Metallen // Kolloid Z. 1933. Bd. 65. S. 101-105. Russian version is published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1933. V. 4. P. 549-553.
Bach N.A., Lewitin I.V. On the mechanism of carbon activation process // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1933. V. 4. P. 512-520, in Russian.
Bach N. Sur un nouvel effet electrocapillaire // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1934. V. 1. P. 27-35.
Bach N., Lewitin I. Über die Formänderung der Graphitkristalle beim Abbrand // Kolloid Z. 1934. Bd. 68. S. 152-156. This is purely gas-phase study aimed to observe the difference in reactivity of carbon atoms of different coordination, and also of inclusions.
Bruns B., Ablesowa K. Über den Mechanismus der Athylenhydrierung aus Platin // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1934. Bd. 1. S. 90-96. Pt content in carbon is 0.01 – 0.1 %. This is a part of 1935 PhD thesis of Klavdiya Semenovna Ablezova (1906-1982), who worked with S.Z. Roginskyi in Leningrad, and is known for their joint 1935 article and patents on the catalysts activity promotion with the small amounts of sorbed gases. She moved to Moscow later, and worked on various topics.
Burshtein R.Kh., Levin P.I., Petrov S.M. Activated adsorption of gases on carbon // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1934. V. 5. P. 209-218, in Russian. Sergey Mikhailovich Petrov (1906-1941) was an intern from Tomsk, he died at the front of WWII. As well as other people from Tomsk mentioned below, he was supervised by Mikhail Il’ich Usanovich (1894-1981) known for his concept of acids and bases. This work compares adsorption of gases, including hydrogen, on pure and platinized carbon, discovers hydrogen spillover (despite this word is not used directly), and attempts to determine the real surface area of platinum on carbon. Later Burshtein’s comment is of interest: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1953. V. 27. P. 765, in Russian.
Burstein R., Kaschtanoff P. Activierte Adsorption von Wasserstoff an Kohle und ihr Einfluss auf die katalytische Wirksamkeit der Kohle // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1934. V. 1. P. 465-472. Petr Vassilievich Kashtanov (1904-1938) was diploma student and probably was a staff member later, he co-authored several articles in this list. He was unjustly arrested in 1937 and then shot in Magadan (East Siberia).
Burstein R., Kaschtanov P. Activated adsorption and para-,ortho-hydrogen conversion on charcoal // Nature. 1934. V. 133. P. 571-572.
Gorodetzkaja A., Kabanow B. Kapillarelectrische Erscheinungen und Benetzung von Metallen durch Elektrolyt-Lösungen. II // Phys. Z. Sowjetunion. 1934. Bd. 5. S. 418-431. Russian version was published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Chimii. 1933. V. 4. P. 529-537. Here is an attempt to collect electrocapillary data for solid (Pt, Ag, Ga) and liquid (Hg, Tl amalgam) metals from the contact angle measurements at the three-phase boundary. See Part I (1932) published jointly with Frumkin. The subsequent Part III is authored by Kabanow and Iwanishchenko, and Part IV is published by Cherneva and Gorodetskaya.
Pupko S., Proskurnin M. Verdampfung von Quecksilber in Gegenwart dünner Schichten kapillaraktiver Stoffe // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1934. V. 1. P. 79-89. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1933. V. 4. P.523-528. S.L. Pupko worked in various applied institutions later, and became active with electron microscopy in 1940s.
Bach N., Balashova N. Elektrochemie der Platinsole. I. Die Bereitung des Sole. Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1935. V. 3. P. 79-96. Published in Russian later: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1936. V. 7. P. 43-53. This series is continues in 1937 and 1939, see below.
Bruns B.P., Kostina E.A. On the obtaining of silicagel from silicone tetrachloride // Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii. 1935. V. 8. P. 1004-1013, in Russian. Abstract in English.
Bruns B., Kozlova E., Maksimova M. On ozone action on active carbon // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1935. V. 6. P. 977-984, in Russian.
Burshtein R., Kashtanov P. Activated adsorption of hydrogen on carbon and its effect on catalytic activity of carbon // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1935. V. 6. P. 243-248, in Russian.
Kabanov B. On the simulation of electrolytic bath // Khimstroy <journal of design and construction for chemical industry>. 1935. No 1. P. 41-445.
Three chapters in Modern physico-chemical techniques of chemical analysis (Shchukarev S.A. (ed.)). ONTI KhimTeoret, Leningrad, 1935: Adsorption measurement techniques by R. Burshtein and S. Levina (p. 26-54); Techniques to measure the potential under polarization by B. Kabanov (p. 55-74); Application of electronic lamps in laboratory practice by M.A. Proskurnin (p. 75-81). E-book in Russian is available.
1936-1939 Appearance of Moscow Univ branch
Bach N.A., Zolotarevskaya E.Yu. On the effect of gas velocity and the presence of acid on carbon activation // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1936. V. 7. P. 54-62, in Russian. Ester Yul’evna (Esfir Evelevna) Zolotorevskaya (1892-?) worked in various labs of Karpov Inst for some period, then she moved to directorate of the Northen sea route.
Murtazajew A, Gorodetzkaja A. Die Elektrokapillarkurve das Galliums. II // Acta physicochimica URSS. 1936. V. 4. P. 75-84. Part I (1928) was published by Frumkin and Gorodetskaya. Asan Murtazaevich Murtazayev (1900-1983) later worked on electrocapillary phenomena in liquid ammonium, being affiliated with Middle-Asia Univ in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1468-1471, traslated in Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1940. V. 12. 225-230). In 1943-1977 he headed the Chair in Tashkent Pharmaceutic Institute, and mostly worked on the electrode materials for industrial water electrolysis. His 1949 DSc thesis was devoted to cobalt electrode.
Borissowa T., Proskurnin M. Die Polarisationskapazität der Quecksilberelektrode // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1936. V. 4. P. 819-828.
Bruns B., Zolotarevskaya E. Über die Wirkung von Kalium auf den Mechanismus der Aktivierung von Kohlen // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1936. V. 5. P. 63-78. In Russian: On the effect of potassium on the mechanism of carbon activation // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1936. V. 7. P. 303-311.
Burstein R., Kashtanow P. Kinetics of the para-ortho hydrogen conversion on charcoal // Trans. Faraday Soc. 1936. V. 32. P. 823-828. The help of Lev V. Shubnikov (1901-1937), a famous physicist from Kharkiv Physico-Technical Institute, is acknowledged in respect to organization of low-temperature measurements. Russian version was later published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 9. P. 19-25.
Kabanow B. Die Überspannung des Wasserstoffs bei grossen Stromdichten // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1936. V. 5. P. 193-200. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1936. V. 8. P. 486-491.
Kabanov B., Faingluz E. The occurrence of cells on electrolytic metal // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1936. V. 8. P. 795-799, in Russian.
Chaltikian O, Proskurnin M. Über kontaktpotentiale zwischen flüssigen Amalgamen und Quecksilber im Vakuum. I. Kontaktpotentiale zwischen verdünnten Natriumamalgam und Quecksilber // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1936. V. 4. P. 263-274. Ovanes Akopovich (Hovhanes Hakopi) Chaltikyan (1902-1972) was the intern from Armenia, previously trained in the lab of K. Fayans in Munich. He headed the Dept of physical chemistry in Yerevan University in 1939-1972.
Lewina S., Silberfarb M. Wasserstoffüberspannung in nichtwässrigen Lösungen. I // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1936. V. 4. P. 275-282. Hydrogen evolution on mercury in HCl solutions in ethanol is studied. Presumably, Levina’s co-author is Mariya Isaakovna Zilberfarb, who later worked in the Inst of chemical engineering (НИИхиммаш), with Petr Pavlovich Belyaev, and studied various metal coatings (incl. electrodeposited).
Ershler B., Proskurnin M. The capacitance of a smooth <bright> platinum electrode in various electrolytes and its dependence on the <pre>treatment of the electrode // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1936. V. 8. P. 689-697, in Russian. Translation is available in Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 6. P. 195-204. The preceding series includes: Part I (1935, by Frumkin and Shlygin), Part II (1936, by Frumkin, Shlygin and Medwedowsky), Part III (1936, by Frumkin and Shlygin) See the next Part V and comments on subsequent parts below.
Bruns B. Automatically operating Sprengel pump // Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki. 1937. V. 7. P. 957-968.
Bruns B. Using the thermosiphon for cooling the Langmuir pumps // Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki. 1937. V. 7. P. 970.
Bruns B., Sadovnikov V., Kolesnikov N(?). On the fabrication of high vacuum grease for tapes // Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki. 1937. V. 7. P. 964-966.
Kolesnikov A(?)., Bruns B. Laboratory electrolyzer with automatic electrolyte stirring // Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki. 1937. V. 7. P. 968.
Burstein R. Adsorption von Alkali au Kohle // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 6. P. 371-374.
Lewina S., Sarinsky W. Wasserstoffuberspannung au Quecksilber und das zeta-Potential. I // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 6. P. 491-504. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 9. P.621-630.
Lewina S., Sarinsky W. Wasserstoffuberspannung au Quecksilber und das zeta-Potential. II // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 7. P. 485-494. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 10. P.586-592.
Schurmowskaja N., Bruns B. Über den Katalysenmechanismus der Oxydation von Kohlenoxyd auf der Hopcaliteoberfläche. I. Die vergiftung des Hopcalites durch Wasserdampf // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 6. P. 513-530. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 9. P. 301-312. Hopcalite study is probably the first Bruns’ work with oxide catalysts, which later became his DSc topic. Nina Andreevna Shurmovskaya (1907-?), Bruns‘ wife, later worked with R.Kh. Burshtein in Frumkin Institute, dealing with catalysis and adsorption effects on the electron work function (vacuum experiments). Part II is in the next item.
Bruns B. Reaktionsmechanismus der Oxydation von Kohlenoxyd auf der Hopcaliteoberfläche. II. Rolle des vom Hopcalite gebundenen wassers beim katalyseprozess // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 7. P. 875-882.
Kabanov B., Ivanishchenko N. Electricapillary phenomena and wetting of metals // Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1936. No 5. P. 755-771, in Russian. Nikolay Ageevich Ivanishchenko (1903-1938) was PhD student from Belarus, who later worked in the Institute of Chemistry in Minsk. There he was unjustly arrested and shot in 1938.
Kabanov B., Iwanischenko N. Electrocapillary phenomena and the wetting of metals. III. Influence of surface-active substances on wetting. Properties of multimolecular layers // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 6. P. 701-718. An interesting detail here is the estimate of the thickness of solution layer under the bubble. See Part I (with Frumkin et al.), Part II (with Gorodetskaya), and Part IV (Cherneva and Gorodetskaya).
Burstein R. Bestimmung der Konzentration des schweren Wasserstoffs in Gemischen von H und D mittels der Wärmeleitfähigkeit methode // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 6. P. 815-822. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 9. P. 870-874.
Bach N., Rakov A. Electrochemistry of platinum sols. II. On the conductivity of platinum sols // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1937. V. 7. P. 85-94. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 10. P. 18-24. Part I is published in 1935, Part III is in the next item.
Balaschowa N., Bach N. Electrochemistry of platinum sols. III. Positive platinum sols // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1937. V. 7. P. 899-914. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 10. P. 575-585. Part IV is published by Zimin and Bach in 1939.
Burstein R. Anwendung von gemischten indikatoren in der Azidimetrie. Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 7. P. 311-312. In Russian: Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1937. No 7. P. 285-286.
Bach N., Zimin A. Reversal of the sign of charge of activated charcoal in an atmosphere of oxygen // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1937. V. 7. P. 451-458. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 10. P. 761-765.
Ershler B. The platinum electrode. V. The measurement of the capacity of a smooth platinum electrode when charged with currents of low density // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 7. P. 327-330. The preceding series includes: Part I (1935, by Frumkin and Shlygin), Part II (1936, by Frumkin, Shlygin and Medwedowsky), Part III (1936, by Frumkin and Shlygin) Ershler participates starting from Part IV (1936, with Proskurnin). The subsequent Part VI is published by him with Frumkin and Deborin. Part VII, VIII (1939) are co-authored with Shlygin.
Wahramian A.T., Alemian S.A. Beziehungen zwischen der Zahl der sich bildenden Kristallisationskerne und der Electrolytkonzentration beider Elektrolyse // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 7. P. 95-100. This article presents the technique of direct optical microscopic monitoring of electrocrystallization. L.A. Rotinian is acknowledged, who became an important person in USSR galvanics later. Russian version is titled “On one regularity in the process of metal electrocrystallization”, Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 9. P. 517-521, and a separate part on the effect of electrolyte concentration is published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 9. P. 511-526.
Wahramian A.T. On the question of determining current density at the cathode in connection with the structure of electrolytic metal // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1937. V. 7. P. 683-690. This article mentions a movie (“microcinema film”) of silver growth from concentrated AgNO₃ at low current density, some images from this movie are shown in Figs 5 and 6 (between pages 684 and 685, out of the order of Figs numbers). Russian version: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1937. V. 10. P. 443-448.
Kryukova T.A. Polarographic determination of lead and arsenic in reagent phosphoric acid // Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1937. V. 6. P. 1385-1393, in Russian. The term ‘reagent acid’ <реактивная кислота> means an industrial preparate of certain purity.
Kryukova T.A. Book review: J. Heyrovsky, Polarographic method. The theory and practical applications // Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1937. V. 6. P. 1509, in Russian. Russian edition (1937) of Heyrovsky’s book “Použití polarografické methody v praktické chemii” “(1933) translated by E.N. Varasova is discussed.
Kryukova T.A. Polarographic determination of arsenic and iron in contact sulphuric acid // Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1938. V. 7. P. 273-279, in Russian. The term ‘contact’ <контактная> is related to industrial technology (absorption of SO₃ obtained by SO₂ oxidation).
Bruns B., Burstein R., Fedotow N., Liwschitz M. Über die Wirkung des pH der Lösung auf die hydrolyse Adsorption // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 8. P. 47-62. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 11. P. 7-17.
Gerowitsch M., Vargin D. Phasengrenzkraefte an der Trennungsflaeche gasfoermig-fluessig. VI. Elektrische Eigenschaften monomolekularer Schichten von ω-Bromhexadecansaeure // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 8. P. 63-76. In Russian: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, otdelenie matematicheskikh i estestvennych nauk. 1937. P. 1075-1084, abstract in English (P.1084).
Obrutschewa A. Über den Mechanismus der Potentialeinstellung von Platin in Silbersalzlösungen // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 8. P. 679-696. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 11. P. 473-483.
Bruns B., Zarubina O. Über die katalytische Aktivität der Kohle in Bezung auf die Bindung von Brom mit Wasserstoff // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 8. P.787-794. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 11. P. 300-304.
Burstein R. Exchange between hydrogen and deuterium on charcoal // Acta physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 8. P. 857-863. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 12. P. 185-188.
Burshtein R., Gatovskaya T.V. Acidimetric titration of colored solutions // Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1938. V. 7. P. 345-346, in Russian. T.V. Gatovskaya <Gatovskaya-Ronina> later worked with V.A. Kargin, she studied adsorption on polymers and translated some polymer books.
Bach N., Gil’man A. The electrokinetic potential of gas-liquid interfaces. I. The cataphoretic velocity of gas bubbles in solutions of inorganic electrolytes // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 9. P. 1-26. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 12. P. 161-176. We can assume that this co-author is Aron Borisovich Gil’man, known later for his works on the radiation treatment of polymers.
Gil’man A., Bach N. The electrokinetic potential of gas-liquid interfaces. II. Cataphoresis of gas bubbles in solutions of capillary active organic electrolytes // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 9. P. 27-38. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 12. P. 177-184.
Ksenofontov A., Proskurnin M., Gorodetzkaja A. Capacity of mercury electrode in solutions of capillary-active organic substances // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 9. P. 39-44. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 12. P. 408-410.
Gorodezkaja A., Proskurnin M. Capacity of the solid mercury electrode // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 9. P. 45-50. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 12. P. 411-413.
Zolotarewskaja E., Bruns B. On the sorption of water vapor by paper // Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii. 1938. V. 11. P. 1604-1609, in Russian. The study was requested by some paper factory, which provided the samples of two types. Abstract in French.
Kabanov B. On the technique to measure current density // Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii. 1938. V. 11. P. 1424-1425, in Russian.
Kabanov B. On thermodynamics of the lead battery // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 11. P. 155-157, in Russian.
Maidanowskaja L., Bruns B. Über die Werte der Adsorptionswärme von Wasserstoff auf die Platin // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1938. V. 9. P. 927-941. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 239-247. Lyudmila Grigorievna Maidanovskaya (1907-1971) was an intern from Tomsk, who later headed the Department of physical and colloid chemistry in Tomsk University. This study was a part of her 1940 PhD thesis comparing hydrogen adsorption at various surfaces.
Pankratov A.I. Properties of Monomolecular Layers on Solutions of Salts. I // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1939. V. 10. P. 45-54. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1938. V. 12. P. 541-548.
Pankratov A.I. The change of potential drop at solution/air interface depending on the age of the latter // Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1939. V. 24. P. 148-150, in Russian. Translated version: Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l’Academie des Sciences de l’URSS. 1939. V. 24. P. 149-151.
Vagramyan A.T. On silver overvoltage // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 311-317, in Russian.
Vagramyan A.T. On silver overvoltage // Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1939. V. 22. P. 243-246, in Russian.
Jofa S., Kabanov B., Kuchinski E., Chistyakov F. Overvoltage on mercury in the presence of surface-active electrolytes // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1939. V. 10. P. 317-332. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1105-1116. Participation of P.V. Agarkov (student) is mentioned.
Jofa S. The overvoltage on a mercury cathode in concentrated solutions of acids. I. Hydrochloric and hydrobromic acids // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1939. V. 10. P. 903-912. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1435-1448.
Kabanov B., Jofa S. The hydrogen overvoltage on lead and the capacity of the lead electrode // Acta physicochimica URSS. 1939. V. 10. P. 617-629.
Kabanov B., Filippov S., Vanyukova L., Iofa Z., Prokofieva. A. Hydrogen overvoltage on lead // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 341-349, in Russian.
Kabanov B., Yudkevich R. Lead electrode. II. Double layer capacity and the measurement of the real surface area // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 813-817, in Russian. The previous item is assumed to be Part I, despite there is no number in the title.
Rykhlikov G., Bruns B. The study of the structure of the surfaces of gels. I. The heat of wetting of silicic acid gels // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 502-507, in Russian. Gerassim Petrovich Rykhlikov (1907-1986) worked in Omsk Medical University later.
Kryukova T.A. Determination of solubility of the low-soluble salts using the polarograph // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 639-700, in Russian.
Iofa Z., Ustinskyi B., Eiman F. Electrocapillary curves in concentrated solutions of acids. II. Adsorption of ions in HCl, HBr, and H₂SO₄ solutions // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 934-941, in Russian. Part I is published by Frumkin and Iofa in the same issue. Boris Zinovievich Ustinskyi and F.I. Eiman were Iofa’s diploma students. Ustinskyi worked in applied electrometallurgy later (PhD 1949 in the Inst of Metallurgy, anodic dissolution of metal sulfides). Eiman moved to the studies of heat capacity of metastable salts later, most probably at the Dept of physical chemistry (PhD 1941). After WWII he worked in Khabarovsk Medical Univ.
Levina S., Rozentreter R. Catalysis of explosive gas on platinized carbon in electrolyte solutions // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 942-947, in Russian. Rufina Gotfridovna Rozentreter was an intern from Tomsk, this work was a part of her 1941 PhD thesis. She worked in Novosibirsk later, being a head of light metals lab in the Chemistry and Metallurgy Institute.
Zimin A., Bach N. Elecrochemistry of platinum soles. IV. The particle charge of hydrogen-platinum sols // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1939. V. 11. P. 1-20. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1064-1077. Previous parts are published in 1935 and 1937, see above.
Ershler B. The effect of poisoning on the capacity of smooth <bright> platinum electrode // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1092-1096, in Russian.
Cherneva E., Gorodetskaya A. Electrocapillary phenomena and wetting. IV. The effect of reversible adsorption of sulfur-containing organic substances on mercury wetting by electrolyte solutions // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1117-1123, in Russian. The previous Part III is authored by Kabanow and Iwanishchenko.
Slygin A., Razumovskaya E., Rozental’ K. Platinum electrode. VII. The effect of poisoning on the capacity of platinized platinum electrode // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1079-1086, in Russian.
Slygin A., Ershler B. The platinum electrode. VII, VIII. The effect of poisoning on the capacity of the platinum electrode // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1939. V. 11. P. 45-58. The previous and subsequent parts are published with Frumkin. See the comments on all the series near the first part (1935).
Petrov S., Burstein R., Kisseleva P. Adsorption of cations on platinized charcoal in hydrogen atmosphere // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1939. V. 11. P. 59-66. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1156-1160.
Yermolenko N., Levina S. The adsorption of organic acids from single and mixed solvents // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1939. V. 10. P. 451-464. Unusual co-author of S. Levina is Nikolay Fedorovich Ermolenko (1900-1972), who was educated in Moscow and mostly worked in Belarus. This is his typical topic, and there are citations of Shilov’s school typical for him. It was a dark period in his biography between 1937 and 1943, probably he had to leave Minsk. The article indicates Dnepropetrovsk (Dnipro) and no any specific affiliation.
Kryukova T.A., Kabanov B.N. Occurrence and stopping of electrolyte movement near dropping mercury cathode // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1454-1467, in Russian. See the next Part (1941).
Veselowsky V. The polarization capacity and adsorption properties of the silver electrode // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1939. V. 11. P. 815-836. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1939. V. 13. P. 1543-1558.
Proskurnin M.A., Vorsina M.A. The technique to study the capacity of electrodes in diluted solutions // Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1939. V. 24. P. 915-917, in Russian. Translated version: Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de L’Academie des Sciences de L’URSS. 1939. V. 24. P. 915–917.
1940-1947 Appearance of Inst Physical Chemistry branch
Vagramyan A.T. Changes of the structure of metal electrodeposits dependent on the rate of their passivation. I. Changes of the number of crystals forming in the course of silver electrodeposition // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 1132-1138, in Russian.
Vagramyan A.T. On silver passivation in the course of its electrodeposition // Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1940. V. 27. P. 805-808, in Russian. Translated version: Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l’Academie des Sciences de l’URSS. 1940. V. 27. P. 803-806. In what follows, we menton Vagramyan’s works selectively if they address electrochemical kinetics. There are also his works on the structure and porosity of electrodeposited metals.
Iofa Z.A., Kolychev A.N. On the application of the dropping mercury electrode to the measurement of overvoltage // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 58-68, in Russian. Translated version is co-authored by Jofa S., Kolychev A., and Shtifman L. // Acta Physicochim. URSS. 1940. V. 12. P. 231-242.
Burstein R. Kinetics of para, ortho-hydrogen conversion on charcoal // Acta Physicochimica URSS 1940. V. 12. P. 201-208. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 157-160.
Legran A., Levina S. Hydrogen overvoltage on nickel in solutions of acids // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1940. V. 12. P. 243-252. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 211-216.
Krivolapova E.V., Kabanov B.N. Lead corrosion in oxidative medium // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 279, in Russian.
Borissowa T., Proskurnin M. Die Abhangigkeit der Kapazitat der Quecksilberelectrode von der Frequenz bei Messungen mit Wechselstrom // Acta Physicochim. URSS 1940. V. 12. P. 371-376. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 368-370.
Ershler B. On the passivity of platinum. I // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 357-367, in Russian. Part II is probably 1944 article with the same title.
Gorodezkaja A. Investigation of thin layers of organic substances on the mercury-solution interface by the method of capacity measurements. II. Compression and expansion of the surface layer // Acta Physicochimica URSS 1940. V. 12. P. 309-313. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 371-373. Part I is published with Frumkin in 1938. Later work on polymolecular layers was published by Melik-Gaikazyan in 1952.
Deborin G., Ershler B. The polarization capacity of a smooth gold electrode // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1940. V. 13. P. 347-360. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 708-715.
Dolin P., Ershler B. Kinetics of processes on the platinum electrode. I. The kinetics of the ionization of hydrogen adsorbed on a platinum electrode // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1940. V. 13. P. 747-778. In Russian: Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 886-906.
Levina S.D. Glass circulation pump // Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1939. V. 8. P. 1048-1049, in Russian.
Levina S.D. Adsorption of electrolytes on carbon // Uspekhi Khimii. 1940. V. 9. P. 196-213, in Russian.
Ershler B.V., Tyurikov G.S., Smirnova A.D. On the mechanism of action of oxo-nickel electrode. I // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 985-988, in Russian.
Burstein R. Para-, ortho-conversion of hydrogen and the exchange between light and heavy hydrogen on charcoal // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 1195-1199.
Vanyukova L., Kabanov B. Hydrogen overvoltage on lead in presence of surface-active organic compounds // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1940. V. 14. P. 1620-1625, in Russian.
Kryukova T.A. Theoretical problems in practical works on polarography // Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1940. V. 9. P. 691-698, in Russian.
Kryukova T.A. The nature of changes in the height of polarographic wave of cation under analysis with supporting electrolyte concentration // Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1940. V. 9. P. 699-702, in Russian.
Kryukova T.A. The reduction of trivalent arsenic on the mercury dropping cathode // Zavodskaya Laboratoriya. 1940. V. 9. P. 950-957, in Russian.
Bach N.A. The studies of acad. A.N. Frumkin and his school in the field of electrochemistry // Uspekhi Khimii. 1941. V. 10. P. 763-779, in Russian.
Veselovsky V. Photogalvanic processes on a silver electrode // Acta Physicochimica URSS. 1941. V. 14. P. 483-496. Available in this e-book. Similar study for gold was also completed during the same period, but was published only after WWII.
Kryukova T.A., Kabanov B.N. Solution movement near the dropping electrode. II. Solution velocity and current increase on polarographic curve “current – voltage” // Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii. 1941. V. 15. P. 475-480, in Russian. See Part I (1939) and Part III (1945).
Kabanov B.N. The role of voltage and Ohmic resistance in lead passivation // Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1941. V. 31. P. 338-341, in Russian. German version: Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l’Academie des Sciences de l’URSS. 1941. V. 31. P. 339-343.
Kabanov B.N. Crystallization of lead sulfate and the thickness of passive layer on lead // Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1941. V. 31. P. 582-585, in Russian. German version: Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l’Academie des Sciences de l’URSS. 1941. V. 31. P. 581-584.
Krivolapova E.V., Kabanov B.N. The study of lead corrosion in oxidative medium. I // Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii. 1941. V. 14. P. 335-341, in Russian, abstract in English (the last page).