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Sergey Lebedev (chemist)
Soviet chemist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sergei Vasilievich Lebedev (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Лебедев; 13 July 1874 – 2 May 1934) was a Russian/Soviet chemist and the inventor of polybutadiene synthetic rubber, the first commercially viable and mass-produced type of synthetic rubber.[1]
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Sergei Lebedev | |
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Сергей Лебедев | |
![]() Lebedev in 1920 | |
Born | (1874-07-13)13 July 1874[1][2] |
Died | 2 May 1934(1934-05-02) (aged 59)[1][2] |
Resting place | Tikhvin Cemetery, Saint Petersburg |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | St. Petersburg University |
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Scientific career | |
Institutions | Saint Petersburg Academy for Military Medicine |
Doctoral advisor | Alexey Favorsky |
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