Drago Grdenić
Croatian chemist and academician
About Drago Grdenić
Lived 1919 – 2018 (aged 99). Drago Grdenić was a Yugoslav and Croatian chemist, crystallographer, university teacher and physicist.
Drago Grdenić (31 August 1919 – 7 September 2018) was a Croatian chemist and academician and the founder of X-ray crystallography in Croatia. Over the course of his career he determined the structure of a number of mercury complexes and organomercury compounds. He introduced the effective coordination of mercury atom and set rules for structural chemistry of mercury.
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Who was Drago Grdenić?
Croatian chemist and academician (1919-2018)
When was Drago Grdenić born?
Drago Grdenić was born on 31 August 1919 in Križevci.
When did Drago Grdenić die?
Drago Grdenić died on 7 September 2018 in Zagreb.
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Drago Grdenić was a chemist, crystallographer, university teacher and physicist.
What nationality was Drago Grdenić?
Drago Grdenić was Yugoslav and Croatian.
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