His inquiries into chemical thermodynamics received high praise from the dissertation board.
Mikhail Yagofarov, first year PhD student, Assistant Lecturer of the Department of Physical Chemistry, presented his candidate of sciences (PhD) thesis on 26th February. The dissertation is titled “The relationship between the enthalpies of fusion and dissolution of aromatic compounds and the temperature dependence of the enthalpy of fusion.”
The dissertation board of the Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry unanimously voted to bestow the degree of the candidate of sciences upon him. At the moment, Yagofarov is officially the youngest degree holder at KFU, having turned 22 years old.
His research consultant, Professor Boris Solomonov, shared, “Yagofarov started working on this dissertation during his sophomore year. The work is dedicated to one of the fundamental questions of chemical thermodynamics. Chemists and physicists are well aware that all the thermodynamic functions of processes lead to a standard temperature of 298 K. Only the enthalpy of fusion of a substance is not brought to standard temperature. This is because it is only measured at one specific temperature. Measurements of the enthalpy of fusion of substances have been carried out for more than 200 years, and no one succeeded in creating an experimental method of bringing its value to standard temperature. This problem is solved in this dissertation.”
12 papers pertaining to the dissertation topic have appeared in scientific journals; ten of them list Yagofarov as the first author.
Solomonov added, “One of the official opponents noted that Yagofarov’s work is not just a good candidate thesis, it’s also the basis for a good doctoral thesis. I concur. Hopefully, in the near future we will see not only one of the youngest candidates of sciences, but also with one of the youngest doctors of sciences in the history of the University.”
Source text: Larisa Busil
Translation: Yury Nurmeev