Vsevolod Klechkovsky

Vsevolod Mavrikievich Klechkovsky, also transliterated as Klechkovskii and Klechkowski (November 28, 1900 in Moscow - May 2, 1972 in Moscow) was a Soviet-era agricultural chemist known for his work with radioisotopes. His use of isotopic labeling in the advance of soil chemistry led to his being considered a founder of agricultural radiology.[1][2]

Following the 1957 Kyshtym disaster, Klechkovsky led the research projects studying the long-term effects of radioactive contamination at the site.[3]

Klechkovsky also studied theoretical chemistry, and proposed a theoretical justification of the empirical Madelung rule for the ordering of atomic orbital energies.[4] This rule is therefore sometimes called Klechkovsky's rule.

References

  1. ^ Newsletter of the International Union of Radioecology #43, September 2005, "The XXXIII annual radioecological readings were held in Obninsk, October 21, 2004, and were dedicated to the memory of V.M. Klechkovsky (1900-1972), one of the founders of agricultural radiology."
  2. ^ Radiation Risk Estimates in Normal and Emergency Situations: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Impact of Radiation Risk Estimates in Normal and Emergency Situations, Yerevan, Armenia, September 8-11 2005; ed. Arrigno A. Cigna and Marco Durante; Springer
  3. ^ Review of Nuclear Disaster in the Urals by Zhores A. Medvedev in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 1980
  4. ^ Wong, D. Pan (1979). "Theoretical justification of Madelung's rule". J. Chem. Ed. 56 (11): 714–18. Bibcode 1979JChEd..56..714W. doi:10.1021/ed056p714. http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1979/Nov/jceSubscriber/JCE1979p0714.pdf.