Symposium on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of deuterium: divisions of history of chemistry, geochemistry, nuclear and physical chemistry
In tribute to Harold Urey, the author cites Urey's accomplishments as a scientist and public servant and gives insight of the man. Some of his accomplishments in science are: discovered deuterium for which he received the Nobel prize in 1934; worked with Rittenberg and Greiff on the theory and calculation of the differences in the thermodynamic properties of isotopic compounds; with Thode, Hutchison and others, separated the isotopes of the light elements by chemical methods on a laboratory scale; during World War II headed the Substitute Alloy Materials Laboratories of Columbia University where his group developed industrial scale processes for the separation of /sup 2/H, /sup 10/B, and /sup 235/U; with his associates developed the /sup 18/O paleotemperature scale; made fundamental contributions to a widely accepted theory of the origin of the earth. (ATT)
- Research Organization:
- State Univ. of New York, Albany (USA). Research Foundation
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-79ER10346
- OSTI ID:
- 6693313
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-810813-17; ON: DE83000479
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: National American Chemical Society summer meeting, New York, NY, USA, 23 Aug 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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