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Liesegang Rings and the Other Periodic Phenomena

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The History of Research on Chemical Periodic Processes

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Chapter 2 is about the discovery of Liesegang rings (Raphael Liesegang, 1896–97), it also concerns with the study of their modifications and search for their analogies in nature. The theories of Liesegang rings are also taken into consideration. It is shown that the discovery of Liesegang rings which are still attractive and enigmatic now helped to combine the varied research in chemical periodicity within a single research area. This chapter contains information on R. Liesegang’s life and his creative work. It also referrers to scientists who contributed to the Liesegang rings studies: the German chemist Wilhelm Ostwald, his son Wolfgang Ostwald, the British chemist Hedges, the Russian university teacher F. Schemjakin and his student P. Mikhalev, the French chemist S. Veil, the Indian physicists C. Raman and K.S. Ramaiah, the Indian chemist N.R. Dhar. At the end of the chapter the mathematical modeling of Liesegang phenomenon is discussed from the historical point of view.

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Notes

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    The Archives of the Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, where Mikhalev worked after postgraduate studies at MSU, do not contain any information on Mikhalev. His last paper was published in 1939 (Mikhalev et al. 1939).

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    It should be noted that its English translation appeared in Internet in 2010: http://www.gutenberg.org/.

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    This autobiography is contained in (Beneke).

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    Nil Ratan Dhar is considered to be one of the founders of physical chemistry in India.

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Pechenkin, A. (2018). Liesegang Rings and the Other Periodic Phenomena. In: The History of Research on Chemical Periodic Processes. SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95108-9_2

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