Post by kaima on Feb 4, 2023 9:52:57 GMT -7
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"Read the bios on our website devoted to „the Giants of Polish Science”: bit.ly/3H3abMW
#GiantsOfPolishScience #JanCzochralski "
Institute of National Remembrance
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Without his method of obtaining single-crystals, there would be no smartphones, laptops and other modern electronic devices.
➡️ Meet Jan Czochralski, an eminent metal and chemical engineer who developed a number of new research methods and patents and received international acclaim.
➡️ He made a considerable fortune by developing alloy B (bahnmetal) in 1924. This tin-free bearing alloy was used in the production of railway bearings. This revolutionized the railway industry, contributing to increasing the speed and reliability of trains. The patent was purchased by railways of many countries, including Germany, the USA and France.
➡️ Czochralski's most important work, however, was the invention of the innovative method of obtaining single-crystals in 1916.
➡️ Following the September 1939 campaign, Czochralski obtained permission from the Germans to set up the Material Research Enterprise; it was approved by the Polish Underground State. The Enterprise used resources of the Polytechnic. This way he managed to protect the pre-war assets of the Polytechnic and legally employ Home Army soldiers. Czochralski cooperated closely with Home Army intelligence, and his enterprise worked for the underground resistance movement (including research of acquired parts of V1 and V2 rockets). Using his personal contacts with the Germans, Czochralski protected people against being sent to German prisons and camps. Find out more about this outstanding Pole on our website devoted to „the Giants of Polish Science”: bit.ly/3JwB2T8
➡️ In 2021 - as part of the ‘Giants of Polish Science’ project – the IPNtv released a series of documentary films 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 directed by Alina Czerniakowska. Each episode was devoted to one of the people whose scientific and technological achievements made Poland famous. Watch the episode about Jan Czochralski: bit.ly/3s105b1
➡️ We would like to recommend the biographies of outstanding Polish scientists, collected in five-volume "Polish Contribution to Natural Science and Technology. Dictionary of Polish and Poland-Related Explorers, Inventors and Pioneers in Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology," edited by Professor Orłowski. The database will be successively supplemented with new entries. Read the bios on our website devoted to „the Giants of Polish Science”: bit.ly/3H3abMW
#GiantsOfPolishScience #JanCzochralski
"Read the bios on our website devoted to „the Giants of Polish Science”: bit.ly/3H3abMW
#GiantsOfPolishScience #JanCzochralski "
Institute of National Remembrance
5d
·
Without his method of obtaining single-crystals, there would be no smartphones, laptops and other modern electronic devices.
➡️ Meet Jan Czochralski, an eminent metal and chemical engineer who developed a number of new research methods and patents and received international acclaim.
➡️ He made a considerable fortune by developing alloy B (bahnmetal) in 1924. This tin-free bearing alloy was used in the production of railway bearings. This revolutionized the railway industry, contributing to increasing the speed and reliability of trains. The patent was purchased by railways of many countries, including Germany, the USA and France.
➡️ Czochralski's most important work, however, was the invention of the innovative method of obtaining single-crystals in 1916.
➡️ Following the September 1939 campaign, Czochralski obtained permission from the Germans to set up the Material Research Enterprise; it was approved by the Polish Underground State. The Enterprise used resources of the Polytechnic. This way he managed to protect the pre-war assets of the Polytechnic and legally employ Home Army soldiers. Czochralski cooperated closely with Home Army intelligence, and his enterprise worked for the underground resistance movement (including research of acquired parts of V1 and V2 rockets). Using his personal contacts with the Germans, Czochralski protected people against being sent to German prisons and camps. Find out more about this outstanding Pole on our website devoted to „the Giants of Polish Science”: bit.ly/3JwB2T8
➡️ In 2021 - as part of the ‘Giants of Polish Science’ project – the IPNtv released a series of documentary films 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 directed by Alina Czerniakowska. Each episode was devoted to one of the people whose scientific and technological achievements made Poland famous. Watch the episode about Jan Czochralski: bit.ly/3s105b1
➡️ We would like to recommend the biographies of outstanding Polish scientists, collected in five-volume "Polish Contribution to Natural Science and Technology. Dictionary of Polish and Poland-Related Explorers, Inventors and Pioneers in Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology," edited by Professor Orłowski. The database will be successively supplemented with new entries. Read the bios on our website devoted to „the Giants of Polish Science”: bit.ly/3H3abMW
#GiantsOfPolishScience #JanCzochralski
