George de Hevesy
Also known as George Charles de Hevesy, György Bischitz
Hungarian chemist (1885–1966)
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George de Hevesy was a Hungarian chemist who lived from 1885 to 1966 and made pioneering contributions to the field of radiochemistry. His work with radioactive isotopes established fundamental techniques that became essential to chemistry, medicine, and other scientific disciplines.
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- Born
- 1885
- Died
- 1966
- Works
- 19
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- Recherches sur les propriétés du hafnium
- Über die schmelzelektrolytische Abscheidung der Alkalimetalle aus Ätzalkalien und die Löslichkeit dieser Metalle in der Schmelze
- Selected papers
- Radioactive indicators
- Lehrbuch der radioaktivität
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- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
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- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,787x
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George Charles de Hevesy (born György Bischitz; Hungarian: Hevesy György Károly; German: Georg Karl von Hevesy; 1 August 1885 – 5 July 1966) was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate, recognized in 1943 for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemical processes such as in the metabolism of animals. He also co-discovered the element hafnium.
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