Karin Aurivillius
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Karin Aurivillius | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1920 |
| Died | 1982 (aged 61–62) |
| Education | Stockholm University |
| Known for | Crystal structures of mercury compounds |
| Spouse | Bengt Aurivillius |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry, crystallography |
| Institutions | University of Lund; Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Didcot |
| Thesis | The structural chemistry of inorganic mercury (II) compounds: some aspects of the determination of the positions of "light" atoms in the presence of "heavy" atoms in crystal structures. (1965) |
Karin Aurivillius (1920–1982) was a Swedish chemist and crystallographer at the University of Lund, Sweden. She determined the crystal structures of many mercury compounds. During the 1960s, Aurivillius helped develop crystallography in Sweden while working closely with her prominent husband and fellow chemist, Bengt Aurivillius (1918–1994), who was a professor of inorganic chemistry at Lund University.
To reveal the structural chemistry of inorganic mercury (II) oxide or sulphide compounds, she studied crystal structures using X-rays and neutron diffraction methods. Some of her research was conducted at the Institute of Atomic Energy Research at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) located in Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The extremely rare mineral aurivilliusite was named in honor of Karin Aurivillius, for "her significant contributions to the crystal chemistry of mercury-bearing inorganic compounds."
Karin Aurivillius was born in 1920. She wrote her doctoral dissertation at Stockholm University in 1965, titled The structural chemistry of inorganic mercury (II) compounds: some aspects of the determination of the positions of "light" atoms in the presence of "heavy" atoms in crystal structures.[1] She was a chemist and crystallographer at the University of Lund in Sweden.[2][3][4] She determined the crystal structures of many mercury compounds.[5]
During the 1960s, Aurivillius helped develop crystallography in Sweden while working closely with her prominent husband and fellow chemist, Bengt Aurivillius (1918–1994), who was a professor of inorganic chemistry at Lund University. To reveal the structural chemistry of inorganic mercury (II) oxide or sulphide compounds, she studied crystal structures using X-rays and neutron diffraction methods. Some of her research was conducted at the Institute of Atomic Energy Research at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) located in Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.[6]
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Aurivillius died in 1982.[8]
