吴征铠:一位心怀祖国的化学大师

Wu Zhengkai:A Master Chemist with His Country in Mind

吴征铠先生(1913~2007)是我国著名的物理化学家和化学教育家,原子能事业、分子光谱学和放射化学的奠基者之一。在科研领域,他组织领导了六氟化铀的简法生产、分离膜的研制,建设了我国第一座气体扩散铀浓缩厂,领导和参加了百居里级锔-242(242Cm)的制备,填补了当时国内超钚元素制备的空白;在教育领域,他参加编写《物质结构》教材的工作,以甘为人梯的治学态度为我国培养了一大批学科卓越人才,并积极参与高校的建设工作。

Prof.Wu Zhengkai(1913~2007)was a renowned physical chemist and chemical educator in China,one of the founders of the atomic energy industry,molecular spectroscopy and radiochemistry.In the field of scientific research,he organized and led the simple production of uranium hexafluoride,the development of separation membranes,the construction of China’s first gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment plant,and led and participated in the preparation of 100-curie-grade curium-242(242 Cm),which filled the gaps in the domestic preparation of superplutonium elements at that time;in the field of education,he took part in the preparation of the textbook of“Structure of Matter”,and was one of the founding fathers of radiochemistry and molecular spectroscopy.In the field of education,he participated in the preparation of the textbook of“Structure of Matter”,cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for China with the attitude of being a ladder for others,and actively participated in the construction of colleges and universities.