Walter Seelmann-Eggebert
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Walter Seelmann-Eggebert (April 1915 – July 1988) was a German radiochemist.
He was a student of Otto Hahn
at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
where he worked with Lise Meitner
or Fritz Strassmann
on nuclear fission
.
In 1949, he joined the University of Tucuman in Argentina
as a professor of chemistry. Later he created the radiochemistry group at the Buenos Aires University. During his Argentinian years his group discovered 20 new nuclide
s.
In 1955, Otto Hahn
invited him to come back to Germany for the reconstruction of Radiochemistry studies in the country. He became professor in Mainz
before creating and managing the Radiochemistry Institute from the Karlsruhe Kernforschungszentrum.
In 1958, together with Gerda Pfennig, he edited the first "Karlsruher Nuklidkarte
" which has become a basic element both for nuclear scientists and education.
He was a student of Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn FRS was a German chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is regarded as "the father of nuclear chemistry". Hahn was a courageous opposer of Jewish persecution by the Nazis and after World War II he became a passionate campaigner...
at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
The Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science was a German scientific institution established in 1911. It was implicated in Nazi science, and after the Second World War was wound up and its functions replaced by the Max Planck Society...
where he worked with Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner FRS was an Austrian-born, later Swedish, physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize...
or Fritz Strassmann
Fritz Strassmann
Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz" Strassmann was a German chemist who, with Otto Hahn in 1938, identified barium in the residue after bombarding uranium with neutrons, which led to the interpretation of their results as being from nuclear fission...
on nuclear fission
Nuclear fission
In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts , often producing free neutrons and photons , and releasing a tremendous amount of energy...
.
In 1949, he joined the University of Tucuman in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
as a professor of chemistry. Later he created the radiochemistry group at the Buenos Aires University. During his Argentinian years his group discovered 20 new nuclide
Nuclide
A nuclide is an atomic species characterized by the specific constitution of its nucleus, i.e., by its number of protons Z, its number of neutrons N, and its nuclear energy state....
s.
In 1955, Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn FRS was a German chemist and Nobel laureate, a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is regarded as "the father of nuclear chemistry". Hahn was a courageous opposer of Jewish persecution by the Nazis and after World War II he became a passionate campaigner...
invited him to come back to Germany for the reconstruction of Radiochemistry studies in the country. He became professor in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
before creating and managing the Radiochemistry Institute from the Karlsruhe Kernforschungszentrum.
In 1958, together with Gerda Pfennig, he edited the first "Karlsruher Nuklidkarte
Karlsruhe Nuclide Chart
The Karlsruhe Nuclide Chart was first published in 1958 with the work of Walter Seelmann-Eggebert and Gerda Pfennig from what is today the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology....
" which has become a basic element both for nuclear scientists and education.