Chemist no. 39 of 350 · Nuclear/Radiochemistry

Harold Urey

1893-1981United StatesNobel Chemistry 1934

Discovery of deuterium

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The discovery, explained

Harold Urey and the Discovery of Deuterium

How Harold Urey discovered deuterium in 1931 using liquid hydrogen distillation and spectroscopy. Heavy water, isotope effects and exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Harold Urey: From Deuterium to the Origin of Life

Complete biography of Harold Urey, the American chemist who discovered deuterium, won the 1934 Nobel Prize and helped start cosmochemistry and origin-of-life research.

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