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Ida Noddack

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Also known as Ida Tacke-Noddack

German chemist (1896–1978)

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Born
Ida Tacke , 25 February 1896, Lackhausen, Rhine Province , Prussia , German Empire
Died
24 September 1978 (1978-09-24) (aged 82), Bad Neuenahr , Rhineland-Palatinate , West Germany
Citizenship
German
Alma mater
Technische Universität Berlin
Known for
Rhenium , nuclear fission
Spouse
Walter Noddack ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1928 ) ​
Awards
Liebig Medal , Scheele Medal 3x Nobel Prize Nominations
Fields
Chemist and physicist
Institutions
Allgemein Elektrizität Gesellschaft, Berlin; Siemens & Halske , Berlin; Physikalische Technische Reichsanstalt, Berlin; University of Freiburg , University of Strasbourg ; Staatliche Forschungs Institut für Geochemie, Bamberg

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Instance of
human
Given name
Ida
Gender
female
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Wesel
Place of death
Bad Neuenahr
Occupation
chemist
Languages spoken
German
Field of work
chemistry
Image
Ida Noddack-Tacke.png
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date of birth
1896-02-25
date of death
1978-09-24
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Ida Noddack (25 February 1896 – 24 September 1978), née Tacke, was a German chemist and physicist. In 1934 she was the first to mention the idea later named nuclear fission. With her husband Walter Noddack, and Otto Berg, she discovered element 75, rhenium. She was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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