David A. Frank Kamenetskii

David Albertovich FrankKamenetskii was a Soviet theoretical physicist and chemist, professor and doctor of physical, chemical and mathemetical sciences. He developed the thermal explosion theory, worked on plasma physics problems and in astrophysics.

David A. FrankKamenetskii was born on 1910, Augustin Vilna in a Jewish family. His parents were Albert G. FrankKamenetskii and Anna A. FrankKamenetskii . In 19171918 the family left Vilna, spent one year near Moscow and finally resided in Irkutsk , where Albert G. FrankKamenetskii became the chair of the Chemistry Department in the newly organized Irkutsk State University. In 1931 FrankKamenetskii graduated from the Siberian Technological Institute in Metallurgy Engineering.

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