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IN 1904 Prof. N. S. Kurnakov (1860–1941) invented a new form of recording pyrometer which was a great improvement on that of Roberts-Austen. In 1910 Prof. A. A. Baikov still further improved this pyrometer by a modification which allowed the recording of the differential curve to be superimposed on the ordinary cooling or heating curve. This apparatus provided a very delicate method for the thermal analysis of alloys and minerals, called by Kurnakov in 1913 'physico-chemical analysis'1. Through the initiative and enthusiasm of Kurnakov, a very flourishing school of research was established, and in 1918 a special Institute of Physico-Chemical Analysis was founded at the Academy of Sciences.
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TOMKEIEFF, S. Physico-Chemical Analysis in U.S.S.R. Nature 154, 582–583 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154582b0
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