THE LIFE AND CREATIVE PATH OF YURІY DELIMARSKYІ (ON THE OCCASION OF THE 120 OF THE BIRTH OF YURIY DELIMARSKYІ)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the 120th anniversary of the birth of Yu.K. Delimarskyі, Member of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Chemistry, professor, honored scientist of Ukraine, winner of the State Prize of Ukraine in science and technology, L.V. Pysarzhevsky Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrai­nian SSR, D.I. Mendeleev Gold Medal, a scientist widely known to the scientific community, in particular in the field of electrochemistry of ionic melts and solid electrolytes, one of the talented representatives of the "Kyiv School of Electrochemistry" and co-author of the scientific discovery "The phenomenon of metal transfer from the cathode to the anode during the electrolysis of ionic melts". The article presents some facts of Delimarskyi's biography, in particular his education, the period of his formation as scientist electrochemist; scientific achievements achieved by him, his students and followers in the field of electrochemistry of molten salts, chemistry and technology of inorganic substances and non-ferrous metals. Delimarskyi's personal memories of his work at the V.I. Vernadskyi Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine are peresented.