Aleksei Aleksandrovich Balandin (, December 20, 1898 – May 22, 1967) was a

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member of the

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. His primary contribution lies in the field of

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, where is known as the developed of the multiplet theory of catalysis. He is the author of several books, and many scientific papers. The

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Balandin was named in his honor.

Publications

Books

*Khlopin, V. G., Balandin, A. A., Pogodin, S. A., & Volʹfkovich, S. I. (1945). Ocherki po istorii Akademii nauk: khimicheskie nauki. Moskva: Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR. *Balandin, A. A. (1964). Catalysis and chemical kinetics, by A. A. Balandin nd others New York: Academic Press. *Vsesoi︠u︡znoe soveshchanie po nauchnym osnovam podbora katalizatorov geterogennykh kataliticheskikh reakt︠s︡iĭ, & Balandin, A. A. (1968). Translated as: Scientific selection of catalysts. Problems of kinetics and catalysis, 11. Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations. *Balandin, A. A. (1964). Catalysis and chemical kinetics. New York: Academic Press. *Balandin, A. A., & Klabunovskiĭ, E. I. (1972). Izbrannye trudy. Moskva: "Nauka,".

Biographical references

* Klabunovskiĭ, E. I., & Logunov, A. A. (1984). Alekseĭ Aleksandrovich Balandin. Materially k biobibliografii uchenykh SSSR., vyp. 71. Moskva: Izdvo Akademii nauk SSSR. *Nesterova, N. M. (1958). Alekseĭ Aleksandrovich Balandin. Materially k biobibliografii uchenykh SSSR., vyp. 28. Moskva: Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR. *Poli︠a︡kova, N. B., & Klabunovskiĭ, E. I. (1984). Alekseĭ Aleksandrovic̊ Balandin, 1898-1967. Moskva: "Nauka". *Klabunovskiĭ, E. I., Solovʹev, I. I., & Gri︠a︡znov, V. M. (1998). Alekseĭ Aleksandrovich Balandin, 1898-1967. Moskva: "Nauka".

References

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