chemistry

Wladyslaw Metanomski

Wladyslaw Metanomski 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 Wladyslaw Metanomski rather than just read about it. In short: Wladyslaw "Val" Metanomski (1923–2008) was a chemist of Polish descent who was born in Vienna, Austria, educated in London, began his chemical career in Canada, and spent the remainder of his career in the United States. He is chiefly noted for his extensive service in making the results of chemical research more available to succeeding investigators.

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Reference excerpt

Wladyslaw "Val" Metanomski (1923–2008) was a chemist of Polish descent who was born in Vienna, Austria, educated in London, began his chemical career in Canada, and spent the remainder of his career in the United States. He is chiefly noted for his extensive service in making the results of chemical research more available to succeeding investigators.

Life Metanomski was born in Vienna in 1923 of Polish parents. As a teenager when Germany invaded Poland he was transported to Siberia in a cattle car. When Germany made significant advances east, the Russians pulled general Władysław Anders out of prison. The general gathered a Polish force that included bringing Val back from Siberia. Val trained in Egypt and Persia (Iran). As a member of that force he participated in the 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. At the conclusion of World War II he moved to London, receiving a B.S. degree in chemical engineering in 1952. His first position after graduation was with the Dearborn Chemical Company in Toronto, Ontario (1952–1958). He interrupted his career (1958–1964) to obtain an M.S. degree in chemical engineering (1960) and a Ph.D. degree in polymer chemistry (1964) from the University of Toronto. Upon graduation from U of T, Metanomski joined the Editorial Division of the US Chemical Abstracts Service (1964). During his long service there (until November 2008) he developed vocabulary control and helped refine that service's publications. Metanomski remained active in his profession until four weeks before his death. He died on 11 December 2008 at Columbus, Ohio. His wife Helena (married 1964) died 37 days later (16 January 2009). He is survived by daughter Marianne and two grandchildren Ray and Natasha.

Awards and honors Metanomski was honored with a career profile in the online version of Chemical & Engineering News, 11 June 2007, as part of its coverage of the 100th anniversary of the Chemical Abstracts Service. Metanomski received the ACS Columbus Section award - for a lifetime of service to the chemical information profession. Metanomski received a Meritorious Service award from the ACS Division of Chemical Information (CINF) in 1992. Metanomski received the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry's Distinguished Service award in 1995. Metanomski received the CINF Lifetime Membership award in 2006.

Publications and service Metanomski was chair of the CINF (1987). Metanomski published 50 Years of Chemical Information in the American Chemical Society, 1943–93, on the 50th anniversary of CINF. Metanomski was member of the ACS Nomenclature Committee since 1990, and served on the editorial advisory board of its monthly journal (now titled Journal of Chemical Information & Modeling). Metanomski participated in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) as member of the Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature (1987–1999). Metanomski participated in the IUPAC as secretary of its Interdivisional Committee on Nomenclature & Symbols (1996–1999). See for example his report "Unusual Names Assigned to Chemical Substances" presented at the 101-st National Meeting of the ACS on April 14, 1986, and published in "Chemistry International" (the newsmagazine of IUPAC), 1987, vol. 9, No 6, pp 211–215.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Wladyslaw Metanomski

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wladyslaw Metanomski 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 Wladyslaw Metanomski 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 Wladyslaw Metanomski 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 Wladyslaw Metanomski

In research: Wladyslaw Metanomski 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 Wladyslaw Metanomski 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: Wladyslaw Metanomski is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1923 births, 2008 deaths, 20th-century Polish chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wladyslaw Metanomski 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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