Arthur Wahl
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| Arthur C. Wahl | |
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| Born | September 8, 1917 Des Moines, Iowa |
| Died | March 6, 2006 Santa Fe, NM |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Nationality | USA |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| Alma mater | Iowa State University (B.S.) and University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.) |
| Doctoral advisor | Glenn T. Seaborg |
| Known for | First Isolation of Plutonium |
| Notable awards | ACS Award for Nuclear Chemistry (1966)[1] |
Arthur C. Wahl (September 8, 1917 – March 6, 2006) was an American chemist who, as a PhD student of Glenn T. Seaborg at UC Berkeley, first isolated plutonium in February 1941[2]. He also worked on the Manhattan Project.
[edit] Further readings
Jeremy Bernstein: Plutonium: A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element. Cornell University Press, 2009. ISBN 0801475171
[edit] References
- ^ ACS Award for Nuclear Chemistry
- ^ Glenn Seaborg: Chamberlain of Science. Science Spectra. Nº 11 (1998)
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