Otto hahn et lise meitner biography
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Chemistry and physics overlap at the level where investigations of the smallest particles of matter are carried out. Therefore, it was appropriate that Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, and Fritz Strassmann teamed up to combine their expertise in both fields.
Hahn’s Early Career
With doctorate in hand from the University of Marburg in Germany, Hahn (–) intended to make a career as an industrial chemist with a company with international business connections. He traveled to England to improve his English-language skills and found a job as an assistant in William Ramsay’s laboratory at University College, London. Hahn quickly demonstrated his great skill as an experimentalist by isolating radioactive thorium. After working with Ernest Rutherford in Montreal, he joined Emil Fischer’s institute at the University of Berlin, where he rose through the faculty ranks.
Hahn and Meitner Collaborate
Hahn went in search of a collaborator with whom to pursue studies in experimental radioactivity an
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Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist (–)
Elise "Lise" Meitner (LEE-zə MYTE-nər; German:[ˈliːzəˈmaɪtnɐ]ⓘ; 7 November – 27 October ) was an Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the upptäckt of nuclear fission.
Completing her doctoral research in , Meitner became the second woman from the University of Vienna to earn a doctorate in physics. She spent much of her scientific career in Berlin, where she was a physics professor and a department head at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry. She was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany. She lost her positions in because of the anti-JewishNuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany, and the Anschluss resulted in the loss of her Austrian citizenship. On 13–14 July , she fled to the Netherlands with the help of Dirk Coster. She lived in huvudstaden for many years, ultimately becoming a Swedish citizen in , but relocated to Britain in the s to be with family members.
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Otto Hahn
German chemist (–)
For the petrologist, see Otto Hahn (petrologist). For the nuclear-powered merchant vessel, see Otto Hahn (ship).
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| Born | ()8 March Frankfurt, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 28 July () (aged&#;89) Göttingen, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Alma&#;mater | University of Marburg University of Munich |
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| Spouse | Edith Junghans &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | Hanno Hahn&#;[de] |
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| Fields | Nuclear chemistry Radiochemistry |
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| Doctoral advisor | Theodor Zincke |
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Otto Hahn (German:[ˈɔtoːˈhaːn]ⓘ; 8 March – 28 July ) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the field of radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and discoverer of nuclear fission, the science behind nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Hahn and Lise Meitner discovered isoto