Xu Caidong

Xu Caidong (simplified Chinese: 徐采栋; traditional Chinese: 徐采棟; 27 March 1919 – 14 April 2016) was a Chinese metallurgist, politician, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.
Xu Caidong
徐采栋
Born(1919-03-27)27 March 1919
Fengxin, Jiangxi, China
Died14 April 2016(2016-04-14) (aged 97)
Beijing, China
NationalityChinese
Alma materSouthwest Jiaotong University
ENSEEG
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry of metallurgy
InstitutionsGuizhou University

Biography

Xu was born in Fengxin County, Jiangxi. He graduated from Tangshan Engineering College, Chiao Tung University in 1943. He went to France in 1946 and obtained a doctor's degree from École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrochimie et d'Électrométallurgie de Grenoble (ENSEEG) in 1949.[1] After returning to China, he joined the faculty of the Guizhou University School of Engineering in the same year. He joined Jiusan Society in 1956.[2]

Xu's research was mainly focused on the physical chemistry of metallurgy. He operated the blast furnace in smelting mercury, the industrial synthesis of potassium permanganate by the electrolytical method, and the industrial synthesis of calcium-magnesium phosphate in the shaft furnace.[3]

Xu was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.[3] He became the vice-governor of Guizhou Province in 1983. He was elected as the executive vice chairman of the central committee of Jiusan Society in 1990.[2] He was appointed as the president of Guizhou University in 1997 when Guizhou Agricultural College, the Guizhou Institute of Arts, and the Guizhou Agricultural Cadre-Training School were merged into Guizhou University.

Xu died on 14 April 2016 in Beijing, at the age of 97.[4]

References
  1. "九三学社中央原副主席徐采栋逝世 享年98岁" (in Chinese). Science Net. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. "徐采栋" (in Chinese). Jiusan Society. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  3. "徐采栋" (in Chinese). Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. "九三学社中央原副主席徐采栋逝世 享年98岁" (in Chinese). Sohu. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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