Chemist no. 35 of 350 · Nuclear/Radiochemistry

Otto Hahn

1879-1968GermanyNobel Chemistry 1944

Discovery of nuclear fission

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The discovery, explained

Otto Hahn and the Discovery of Nuclear Fission

How Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann found barium from uranium in 1938, and how Lise Meitner explained nuclear fission. Equations and exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Otto Hahn: The Radiochemist Who Split the Atom

Complete biography of Otto Hahn, the German radiochemist who discovered nuclear fission with Fritz Strassmann and won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Theodor ZinckedoctoralWilliam RamsaypostdocErnest Rutherfordpostdoc
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