In memoriam 90th Anniversary of Ferdinand Tavadze (1912?1992)*1
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Journal of Solid State Chemistry 177 (2004) 2218 In memoriam 90th Anniversary of Ferdinand Tavadze (1912–1992) $ Professor Ferdinand N. Tavadze for many years was a director of the Institute of Metallurgy, Georgian Academy of Sciences and head of the Laboratory of Materials Science of the Institute. At the Technical University of Georgia he headed the Department of Technology of Metals and Metals Science. He was the author of numerous patents, books, and papers published in the former USSR and abroad. His work was closely connected with the development of new refractory materials, corrosion-resistant, cryogenic, and boron- and chromium steels and alloys. Among the subjects he was interested in were multicomponent equilibrium diagrams, theory of alloys, processes of corrosion and metal protection, melting, and continuous casting of metals. Since 1960, Ferdinand Tavadze actively participated in the study of boron and boron compounds. The Laboratory of Boron, its alloys and compounds, was founded at the Institute of Metallurgy and soon became one of the centers for producing and investigating high-purity crystalline boron. Ferdinand Tavadze chaired the International Sympo- siums on Boron held in 1972 and 1984 in Tbilisi and presided over the scientific committee in 1987 in Duisburg. Ferdinand Tavadze was distinguished among his colleagues and friends for his remarkable personal features such as simplicity, modesty, kindness, and good sense of humor. Having great erudition and capacity for work, he was a man of enviable intuition and of special talent for the perception of new ideas. Ferdinand Tavadze’s 90th anniversary was widely commemorated by the scientific society of Georgia and other republics of the former SU. His life, activities, and memories of him were gathered and published in the book In the World of Metals with Ferdinand Tavadze. Marina Antadze ARTICLE IN PRESS $ This in memoriam should have appeared in the special issue ‘‘Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Boron, Borides, and Related Compounds,’’ Volume 177, Number 2 (February 2004). doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2004.03.012
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In memoriam
90th Anniversary of Ferdinand Tavadze(1912–1992)$
Professor Ferdinand N. Tavadze for many years wasa director of the Institute of Metallurgy, GeorgianAcademy of Sciences and head of the Laboratory ofMaterials Science of the Institute. At the TechnicalUniversity of Georgia he headed the Department ofTechnology of Metals and Metals Science. He was theauthor of numerous patents, books, and paperspublished in the former USSR and abroad. His workwas closely connected with the development of newrefractory materials, corrosion-resistant, cryogenic, andboron- and chromium steels and alloys. Among thesubjects he was interested in were multicomponentequilibrium diagrams, theory of alloys, processes ofcorrosion and metal protection, melting, and continuouscasting of metals. Since 1960, Ferdinand Tavadzeactively participated in the study of boron and boroncompounds. The Laboratory of Boron, its alloys andcompounds, was founded at the Institute of Metallurgy
moriam should have appeared in the special issue
f the 14th International Symposium on Boron, Borides,
mpounds,’’ Volume 177, Number 2 (February 2004).
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and soon became one of the centers for producingand investigating high-purity crystalline boron.Ferdinand Tavadze chaired the International Sympo-siums on Boron held in 1972 and 1984 in Tbilisi andpresided over the scientific committee in 1987 inDuisburg.Ferdinand Tavadze was distinguished among his
colleagues and friends for his remarkable personalfeatures such as simplicity, modesty, kindness, andgood sense of humor. Having great erudition andcapacity for work, he was a man of enviable intuitionand of special talent for the perception of new ideas.Ferdinand Tavadze’s 90th anniversary was widelycommemorated by the scientific society of Georgiaand other republics of the former SU. His life, activities,and memories of him were gathered and publishedin the book In the World of Metals with Ferdinand
Tavadze.
Marina Antadze
