chemistry

Michel Pouchard

Michel Pouchard is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Michel Pouchard rather than just read about it. In short: Michel Pouchard (born 23 January, 1938 in Avrillé-les-Ponceaux) is a French chemist specialising in the physico-chemistry of inorganic solids. Biography After studying at the David high school in Angers and at the faculties of science at University of Rennes and University of Bordeaux, Michel Pouchard specializes in the physico-chemistry of inorganic solids: oxides of transition metals, electronic properties (magnet…

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Reference excerpt

Michel Pouchard (born 23 January, 1938 in Avrillé-les-Ponceaux) is a French chemist specialising in the physico-chemistry of inorganic solids.

Biography After studying at the David high school in Angers and at the faculties of science at University of Rennes and University of Bordeaux, Michel Pouchard specializes in the physico-chemistry of inorganic solids: oxides of transition metals, electronic properties (magnetism, insulation-to-metal transition) and electrochemistry (materials for energy, membranes, electrodes for SOFC fuel cells in particular), nanocrystalline silicon) and in the science of functional materials. Trainee then research associate at the CNRS from 1960 to 1967 (director of the materials technology dissemination department at the CNRS from 1975 to 1984), he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Bordeaux from 1967 to 1970, then professor at the University of Bordeaux I from 1970 to 1992 (professor emeritus from 2004). From 1992 to 2002, he was a professor at the Institut universitaire de France (of which he was a director from 1993 to 1997). He was elected a member of the French Academy of sciences on 16 November 1992. He is also a member of the Academy of Technologies, the French Society of Chemistry, the Academia europaea (1998) and the Leopoldina Academy (Germany) (2000).

Publications Michel Pouchard is the author of nearly 400 articles published in the best journals in solid-state chemistry and materials science and some fifteen patents.

Distinctions

Prices Langevin Prize of the French Academy of sciences (1977)

Decorations Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. Commandeur of the Ordre national du mérite. He was promoted to officier on May 15, 2017, and then obtained the rank of commandeur by decree on November 18, 2017. Commandeur of the Ordre des Palmes académiques.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Michel Pouchard

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Michel Pouchard claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Michel Pouchard before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Michel Pouchard ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Michel Pouchard

In research: Michel Pouchard appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Michel Pouchard in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Michel Pouchard is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1938 births, 20th-century French chemists, 21st-century French chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Michel Pouchard outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Michel Pouchard in simple terms?

Michel Pouchard (born 23 January, 1938 in Avrillé-les-Ponceaux) is a French chemist specialising in the physico-chemistry of inorganic solids. Biography After studying at the David high school in Angers and at the faculties of science at University of Rennes and University of Bordeaux, Michel Pouch…

Why does Michel Pouchard matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Michel Pouchard?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Michel Pouchard.