Xu Guangxian, known as Kwang-hsien Hsu, was a Chinese chemist.
11 Facts About Xu Guangxian
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Xu Guangxian was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who is respected for his contributions in both theoretical and experimental chemistry.
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Xu Guangxian is a former president of the Chinese Chemical Society, and is known as "The Father of Chinese Rare Earths Chemistry".
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Xu Guangxian entered Hangzhou Advanced Industrial Vocational School in Zhejiang.
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In 1945, Xu Guangxian worked as a teaching assistant at SJTU, with professor Gu Jidong.
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Xu Guangxian married one of his classmates, chemist Gao Xiaoxia in 1946.
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Xu Guangxian worked as a teaching assistant, enabling Gao Xiaoxia to join him and study analytical chemistry at New York University.
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Xu Guangxian worked primarily in the areas of quantum chemistry and chemical bonding theory.
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Xu Guangxian studied the bonding characteristics of molecules and proposed a formula relating the order of filling of atomic orbital levels to the grouping of elements into periods in the periodic table.
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Xu Guangxian served as director and as chairman of its academic committee.
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In 2005, Xu Guangxian raised concerns about the mining of thorium in the Baotou area, where mine wastes were released into the Yellow River.