Ipatieff

/ ɪˈpætjɛf /

noun

1. IpatieffVladimir Nikolaievich18671952MUSRussianSCIENCE: physicist Vladimir Nikolaievich (ˈvlædɪmɪə ˌnɪkəˈlaɪəvɪtʃ). 1867–1952, US physicist, born in Russia. He discovered the structure of isoprene (1897) and later developed high-octane fuels

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Vladimir Nikolaevich Ipatieff, 85, Russia's chief of chemical research during World War I, who developed a polymerization process for making high-octane gasoline; in Chicago.

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Ambassador to the U. S. Troyanovsky, a onetime chemistry pupil of Ipatieff's, has repeatedly tried to persuade his 70-year-old teacher to return to Russia.

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Last autumn the Russian Academy of Sciences, to which Ipatieff was elected in 1915, sent him a message: ''Come immediately.''

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Dr. Ipatieff pointed out that he was under longtime contract to his U. S. employers.

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Vladimir Nikolaevich Ipatieff is considered by his employers, Universal Oil Products Co., to be "the foremost living expert in catalytic reactions in connection with petroleum refining."

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