Dr. José Rodolfo Galvele (March 10, 1937 – July 31, 2011[3]) was an Argentine chemist.
Jose Rodolfo Galvele | |
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| Born | 10 March 1937 [2] |
| Died | 31 August 2011 (aged 74) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Resting place | La Chacarita Cemetery |
| Nationality | Argentinean |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Buenos Aires University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Stress Corrosion Cracking, Pitting |
| Awards | NACE Whitney Award (1999) Corrosion Science TP Hoar award (1981 and 1987) Evans Award from the Institute of Corrosion, UK (1999) Argentine Association for Metals Pistocchi award (1972) Platinum Konex award (2003)[1] |
His research focus was on the mechanism of intergranular corrosion of aluminum-copper alloys and on the pitting of metals.[4][5] He proposed a mechanism of stress corrosion cracking [6]
He was awarded the Konex award in 2003.[2]
Galvele was the first dean of Instituto Sabato from 1993 to 2007.[7]
Books
edit- Jorge A. Sabato, creador de la metalurgia en CNEA : ¿cómo se hace para crear un laboratorio de excelencia? (November 2009). Inst. de
Tecnología Professor Jorge A. Sabato, ISBN 978-987-96501-6-5
- Degradación de materiales I : corrosión (2006). Jorge Baudino Eds., ISBN 987-9020-65-0
References
edit- ^ CIENCIA ARGENTINA EN LA VIDRIERA. "Ciencia Argentina en la vidriera » GALVELE, José: su muerte – Editorial urgente: agosto 2011". Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ a b Konex. "José R. Galvele". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ La Nacion. "José R. Galvele". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ Galvele, J. R. (1976). "Transport Processes and the Mechanism of Pitting of Metals". Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 123 (4): 464. doi:10.1149/1.2132857.
- ^ Galvele, J. R.; De De Micheli, S. M. (1970). "Mechanism of intergranular corrosion of Al-Cu alloys". Corrosion Science. 10 (11): 795. doi:10.1016/S0010-938X(70)80003-8.
- ^ Galvele, José Rodolfo (1993). "Surface mobility mechanism of stress-corrosion cracking". Corrosion Science. 35 (1–4). ELSEVIER: 419–434. doi:10.1016/0010-938X(93)90175-G.
- ^ "In memoriam: Professor Jose R. Galvele 1937–2011". Corrosion Science. 55: 416. 2012. doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2011.09.015.