Established | 1938 (ceased operation in 1984) |
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Research type | Basic, industrial and agricultural |
Field of research |
Analytical chemistry Physical chemistry Agrochemistry Edaphology |
Address | G. Lambraki & N. Kazantzaki, Drapetsona, Athens |
Location |
Piraeus,
Athens,
Attica,
Greece 37°56′42″N 23°37′16″E / 37.94500°N 23.62111°E |
GR 186 48 | |
Affiliations | Greek Company of Chemical Products and Fertilisers (AEEChPL) |
Map | |
The Kanellopoulos Institute of Chemistry and Agriculture ( Greek: Ινστιτούτο Χημείας και Γεωργίας "Ν. Κανελλόπουλος", Katharevousa: Ἰνστιτοῦτον Χημείας καὶ Γεωργίας "Ν. Κανελλόπουλος") is a former research institute in Drapetsona, Athens, Greece, which operated between 1938 and 1984 in affiliation with the Drapetsona-based Greek Company of Chemical Products and Fertilisers (Greek abbrev.: ΑΕΕΧΠΛ, romanized: AEEChPL). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The Kanellopoulos Institute was a sui generis institution in Greece. It was the first of its kind to combine high-profile basic research, research with applications in the chemical industry, and dissemination of agrochemical advances to the Greek populace. [1] [4] [9] [10]
The idea for the creation of the Institute belonged to its nameshake, industrialist Nikolaos Kanellopoulos (1864–1936), one of the founders of AEEChPL. [1] [3] [4] [6] Construction commenced in 1936, as per the request and with the monetary sum Kanellopoulos bequeathed to the future Institute in his will. [2] [4] The institute was inaugurated in 1938, situated at the east side of the AEEChPL industrial complex in Drapetsona. [5] [7] [10]
The institute's activities quickly attracted attention within Greece as well as abroad, with distinguished researchers such as Georg-Maria Schwab publishing in international chemical journals on the physico-chemical and analytical work conducted in the chemical laboratories at Kanellopoulos. [9] [10] At the same time, the edaphological investigations in the Institute helped modernise agriculture in Greece in the following 3 decades with the introduction of appropriate fertilisers and mapping-characterisation of the soils in major agricultural areas. [1] [4]
The Institute building was one among the severely damaged during WWII after the 1943 bombing of the industrial complex. [2] Following repairs and the resumption of operation after the war, research in Kanellopoulos focused more on agrochemical over other chemical topics for the next years. [10] The institute also published a periodical with relevant material called Agricultural Messenger ( Greek: Ἀγροτικὸς Ταχυδρόμος). [1] [6] [11] [12]
In the early 1980s there was intense interest in the institute on assessing the environmental damage caused by the fertiliser plant and suggesting measures for the area's remediation. [2] [4] From 1984, the whole industrial complex faced economic difficulties and research in the Kanellopoulos Institute stopped; by 1993 AEEChPL was liquidated and the Drapetsona site abandoned. [2] [3] [5] [6] [13] Since then the Institute building has been unused and fallen into grave disrepair. [3] [5] [6] [8] [14]
The institute was organised into three departments: [1] [4] [10]
Independently from the departments also operated the Laboratory of Metallurgy and the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, which were respectively used for ore analysis and physico-chemical basic research. [1] [9] [15]
The Kanellopoulos Institute was also famed for its library, at the time of its creation in 1938 perhaps the most complete collection of chemical literature in Greece. [1] [4]
Established | 1938 (ceased operation in 1984) |
---|---|
Research type | Basic, industrial and agricultural |
Field of research |
Analytical chemistry Physical chemistry Agrochemistry Edaphology |
Address | G. Lambraki & N. Kazantzaki, Drapetsona, Athens |
Location |
Piraeus,
Athens,
Attica,
Greece 37°56′42″N 23°37′16″E / 37.94500°N 23.62111°E |
GR 186 48 | |
Affiliations | Greek Company of Chemical Products and Fertilisers (AEEChPL) |
Map | |
The Kanellopoulos Institute of Chemistry and Agriculture ( Greek: Ινστιτούτο Χημείας και Γεωργίας "Ν. Κανελλόπουλος", Katharevousa: Ἰνστιτοῦτον Χημείας καὶ Γεωργίας "Ν. Κανελλόπουλος") is a former research institute in Drapetsona, Athens, Greece, which operated between 1938 and 1984 in affiliation with the Drapetsona-based Greek Company of Chemical Products and Fertilisers (Greek abbrev.: ΑΕΕΧΠΛ, romanized: AEEChPL). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The Kanellopoulos Institute was a sui generis institution in Greece. It was the first of its kind to combine high-profile basic research, research with applications in the chemical industry, and dissemination of agrochemical advances to the Greek populace. [1] [4] [9] [10]
The idea for the creation of the Institute belonged to its nameshake, industrialist Nikolaos Kanellopoulos (1864–1936), one of the founders of AEEChPL. [1] [3] [4] [6] Construction commenced in 1936, as per the request and with the monetary sum Kanellopoulos bequeathed to the future Institute in his will. [2] [4] The institute was inaugurated in 1938, situated at the east side of the AEEChPL industrial complex in Drapetsona. [5] [7] [10]
The institute's activities quickly attracted attention within Greece as well as abroad, with distinguished researchers such as Georg-Maria Schwab publishing in international chemical journals on the physico-chemical and analytical work conducted in the chemical laboratories at Kanellopoulos. [9] [10] At the same time, the edaphological investigations in the Institute helped modernise agriculture in Greece in the following 3 decades with the introduction of appropriate fertilisers and mapping-characterisation of the soils in major agricultural areas. [1] [4]
The Institute building was one among the severely damaged during WWII after the 1943 bombing of the industrial complex. [2] Following repairs and the resumption of operation after the war, research in Kanellopoulos focused more on agrochemical over other chemical topics for the next years. [10] The institute also published a periodical with relevant material called Agricultural Messenger ( Greek: Ἀγροτικὸς Ταχυδρόμος). [1] [6] [11] [12]
In the early 1980s there was intense interest in the institute on assessing the environmental damage caused by the fertiliser plant and suggesting measures for the area's remediation. [2] [4] From 1984, the whole industrial complex faced economic difficulties and research in the Kanellopoulos Institute stopped; by 1993 AEEChPL was liquidated and the Drapetsona site abandoned. [2] [3] [5] [6] [13] Since then the Institute building has been unused and fallen into grave disrepair. [3] [5] [6] [8] [14]
The institute was organised into three departments: [1] [4] [10]
Independently from the departments also operated the Laboratory of Metallurgy and the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, which were respectively used for ore analysis and physico-chemical basic research. [1] [9] [15]
The Kanellopoulos Institute was also famed for its library, at the time of its creation in 1938 perhaps the most complete collection of chemical literature in Greece. [1] [4]