Alexander Zarchin

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Alexander Zarchin

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Why Is Alexander Zarchin Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Alexander Zarchin was a Ukrainian-Israeli chemist and inventor. He is most noted for inventing a process of sea water desalination. Biography Born in Ukraine to a family of religious Zionists, as a young man, Zarchin studied industrial chemistry and specialized in metallurgy. In 1934, he was arrested by the authorities for the crime of Zionism and was sentenced to five years in prison. Zarchin was then recruited into the Red Army, and by the end of World War II, he managed to reach West Germany, and from there he immigrated to Palestine in the summer of 1947. Since his arrival and settlement in Israel, his work was in the area of sea water desalination, petroleum production from bitumen stone, wind operated generators, and other areas.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Alexander Zarchin?

Alexander Zarchin is affiliated with the following schools:

• Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology
• University of California, Berkeley
• Weizmann Institute of Science
• Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University