Tormod Førland
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| birth_place = Høyland, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age |1995|11|10|1920|6|6|df=y}}
| death_place = Trondheim, Norway
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| occupation = Chemist
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| relatives = Didrik Arup Seip (father-in-law)
| awards = Gunnerus Medal (1991)
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Tormod Ernst Dittmar Førland (6 June 1920 – 10 November 1995) was a Norwegian chemist, a researcher in inorganic and physical chemistry, and professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology.
Personal life
Førland was born in Høyland on 6 June 1920, a son of chemical engineer Tormod Reinert Førland and Berta Josefine Dittmar. In 1943 he married {{ill|Katrine Seip Førland|no|lt=Katrine Seip}}, a daughter of Didrik Arup Seip.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tormod Førland |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |first1=Marit |last1=Trætteberg |authorlink=Marit Trætteberg |editor-last=Helle | editor-first=Knut | editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Tormod_Førland |language=Norwegian |accessdate=29 March 2021}}
Career
Førland graduated as chemical engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1946, and as dr. techn. in 1958. From 1947 to 1950 he attended universities in the United States, first the Carnegie Institute of Technology and then Pennsylvania State University. He was appointed as docent at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1959, and as professor of physical chemistry from 1963.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tormod Førland |first=Bjørn |last=Pedersen |authorlink=Bjørn Pedersen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://www.snl.no/Tormod_Førland |language=Norwegian |accessdate=29 March 2021}}
His research interests included oxygen ion activity, electrochemistry and irreversible thermodynamics. He was awarded the Gunnerus Medal in 1991.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnerus-medaljen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Gunnerus-medaljen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=29 March 2021}}
Selected works
- {{cite book |title=On the properties of some mixtures of fused salts |year=1958 |isbn= |oclc= }} (thesis)
- {{cite book |title=Practicals in physical chemistry |others=With K. S. Førland and G. Ndaalio |location=Dar-es-Salaam |year=1980 |isbn= |oclc= }}
- {{cite book |title=Irreversible Thermodynamics. Theory and Applications |others=With K. S. Førland and S. K. Ratkje |location=Chichester |year=1988 |isbn=9780471917069 |oclc=16758791 }}{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16758791 |via=worldcat.org |title=Irreversible thermodynamics : theory and applications |oclc=16758791 |access-date=29 March 2021}}
- {{cite book |title=Chemical thermodynamics |others= With K. S. Førland |location=Dar-es-Salaam |year=1991 |isbn= |oclc= }}
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