Zhou Guozhi
Zhou Guozhi | |||||||||
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周国治 | |||||||||
| Born | 25 March 1937 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | ||||||||
| Died | 20 October 2025 (aged 88) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Science and Technology Beijing | ||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | Metallurgical materials | ||||||||
| Institutions | University of Science and Technology Beijing | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 周国治 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 周國治 | ||||||||
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Zhou Guozhi (Chinese: 周国治; 25 March 1937 – 20 October 2025) was a Chinese material scientist and physical chemist.[1] He was an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and a professor of material science and engineering in Shanghai University.
Zhou was a member of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[2]
Background
Zhou was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, on 25 March 1937, while his ancestral home is in Chaoyang, Guangdong.[3] His father Zhou Xiuqi graduated from Germany and taught at Shanghai Jiaotong University.[3] He graduated from the Department of Metallurgy at Beijing Steel and Iron Institute (now University of Science and Technology Beijing) in 1960 and stayed to teach after graduation.[3] He began his international academic career as a visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979. He returned to China in 1982 and continued to teach at the University of Science and Technology Beijing.[3] In July 2001, he worked part-time as a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University.[2] He died in Boston, United States on 20 October 2025, at the age of 88.[2]
Contributions
Zhou developed a next-generation geometric model known as "Chou Model" for solutions that resolved long-standing limitations in traditional models.[2] This breakthrough enabled fully computerized thermodynamic calculations for multicomponent systems and was widely adopted in textbooks and industrial applications.[2] He proposed a novel mathematical approach to calculate partial molar properties in ternary and multicomponent systems, simplifying the extraction of thermodynamic data from phase diagrams.[2] He established "Oxygen Ion Migration Theory" on oxygen ion transport in electrolytes, leading to innovations like "pollution-free deoxidation" and more efficient extraction processes.[2] He created a unified kinetic model (RPP model) for reactions involving micro- and nano-particles, applied in hydrogen storage and semiconductor materials.[2]
Honours and awards
- 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)[3]
- 1997 State Natural Science Award (Third Class)[2]
- 2017 Wei Shoukun Metallurgy Gold Award[2]
- 2017 Honorary Member of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan[2]
References
- ^ "Zhou Guozhi" (PDF). nsfc.cn. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Xu Yanlin (徐彦琳) (21 October 2025). 中国科学院院士周国治逝世，其创立的“周模型”被编入多部教材. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Li Kai (李凯); Cai Yusheng (蔡毓生) (3 April 2006). 专访潮籍中科院院士、冶金材料物理化学家周国治. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 October 2025.