Former Soviet Union mechanical activation

Large-scale, systematic research in colloid chemistry began in the Soviet Union in the 1920s. Among the prominent chemists in this field are Dumansky (lyophilic colloids), Peskov (stable disperse systems). Rebinder (surface-active substances, physicochemical mechanics), Zhukov (electro-surface phenomena), and Deryagin (surface forces). Fundamental interdisciplinary research was carried out by Frumkin, Balandin, Boreskov, Chmutov, Laskorin, and others. The outstanding schools in the former Soviet Union in the field of adsorption developed under the leadership of Dubinin, A. V. Kiselev, and Neimark. 

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