Professor Gennady J. Kabo: Celebrating his 80th birthday and long-standing contributions to chemical thermodynamics. (October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Frenkel, Michael
• Is Part Of: Journal of chemical thermodynamics. Volume 125(2018)
• Page Start: 186
• Page End: 188
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Subjects: Thermodynamics -- Periodicals; Thermochemistry -- Periodicals; Thermodynamique -- Périodiques; Thermochimie -- Périodiques; Thermochemistry; Thermodynamics; Periodicals; 541.369
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jct.2018.06.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9614

Abstract

Highlights: Professor Gennady J. Kabo's accomplishments. Building unique equipment for high precision thermodynamic measurements. Conducting experimental measurements over broad ranges of temperature and pressure. Developing new prediction methods for thermodynamic properties. Establishing new theoretical concepts. Providing innovative technological solutions. Abstract: This article provides a brief summary of Professor Kabo's contributions to chemical thermodynamics along with a few biographical details on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The accomplishments associated with Professor Kabo's research activities over a period of more than 50 years are related to building unique equipment for high precision thermodynamic measurements, conducting experimental measurements over broad ranges of temperature and pressure, developing new prediction methods for thermodynamic properties of organic compounds, establishing new theoretical concepts related to structural and energy-related properties based on new data obtained by either experiment or prediction, and providing innovative technological solutions to the processes of industrial importance based on thermodynamic properties determined.