Luigi Puccianti
Appearance
Luigi Puccianti | |
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Born | 11 June 1875 |
Died | 9 June 1952 Pisa, Italy | (aged 76)
Alma mater | University of Pisa |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist |
Doctoral advisor | Angelo Battelli |
Doctoral students | Enrico Fermi, Anna Maria Ciccone |
Luigi Puccianti (Italian: [luˈiːdʒi putˈtʃanti]; 11 June 1875 – 9 June 1952) was an Italian physicist.
Work
Puccianti is notable for having constructed a highly sensitive spectrograph, with which he studied the infrared absorption of many compounds and attempted to correlate the spectra with molecular structure. He studied the emission spectra of metals and halogens and proposed measuring the wavelength of X-rays by using a diffraction grating at large angles of incidence.
He is also particularly notable for being the academic advisor of the Nobel prize winner Enrico Fermi.
References
- G. Polvani, “Mots de commémoration prononcés a la nouvelle de la mort du Prof. Luigi Puccianti”, Nuovo Cimento Series 9 Volume 9 Supplement 3, pages 478–479 (1952), DOI 10.1007/BF02903418.