Émile Henriot (chemist)
Émile Henriot (2 July 1885 – 1 February 1961) was a French chemist notable for being the first to show definitely that potassium and rubidium are naturally radioactive.
Émile Henriot | |
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 in 1927 at the Solvay Conference | |
| Born | July 2, 1885 Besançon, France |
| Died | February 1, 1961 (aged 75) Uccle, Belgium |
| Citizenship | French |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne |
| Known for | First to show definitively that potassium and rubidium are naturally radioactive. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Doctoral advisor | Marie Curie |
| Doctoral students | Pol Duwez |
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He investigated methods to generate extremely high angular velocities, and found that suitably placed air-jets can be used to spin tops at very high speeds - this technique was later used to construct ultracentrifuges.
He was a pioneer in the study of the electron microscope. He also studied birefringence and molecular vibrations.
He obtained his DSc in physics in 1912 the Sorbonne, Paris, under Marie Curie.
References
- L. Marton (1961). "Obituaries: Prof. E. Henriot". Nature. 190 (4779): 861. Bibcode:1961Natur.190..861M. doi:10.1038/190861a0.
- Biographie Nationale publiée par L’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Établissements Émile Bruylant: 1866-1986, vol. 12 (suppl.), col 421-423.
- Acad. Roy. Belg. Ann., 1964, 130, pp. 47–59.
- Acad. Roy. Sci. Bull. Cl. Sci., 1961, 47, p. 680.
- Le Radium, 1908, 5, pp. 41–46
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