Moshe Rudolf Bloch

Moshe Rudolf "Rudi" Bloch
משה רודולף בלוך
Born(1902-08-02)August 2, 1902
Ústí nad Labem, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
DiedAugust 2, 1985(1985-08-02) (aged 83)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materUniversity of Bern
Known forCrystal nucleation, refrigeration technology, solar energy research
AwardsIsrael Prize (1966), Weizmann Institute of Science prize (1966)
Scientific career
FieldsMetallography, Solar energy
InstitutionsTechnische Hochschule, Negev Desert Research Institute

Moshe Rudolf "Rudi" Bloch (Hebrew: משה רודולף בלוך, 2 August 1902 – 1985) was an Israeli scientist.

Biography

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Born in 1902 in the city of Ústí nad Labem, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, he received a PhD from the University of Bern. In 1926, he became head of the department of Metallography X-ray Spectrography at the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe in Germany. His activities included work on crystal nucleation and on refrigeration technology, as well as experiments on the prevention of super cooling of water.

In Israel, Bloch was responsible for researching and developing solar energy processes and products sourced from the Dead Sea and became head of the Negev Desert Research Institute. He became a very prominent man in Israeli solar energy.

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References

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  1. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1966 (in Hebrew)".

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