Symposium on the 50TH Anniversary of the Discovery of Deuterium: Divisions of History of Chemistry, Geochemistry, Nuclear and Physical Chemistry

摘要

In tribute to Harold Urey, the author cites Urey's accomplishments as a scientist and public servant and gives insight of the man. Some of his accomplishments in science are: discovered deuterium for which he received the Nobel prize in 1934; worked with Rittenberg and Greiff on the theory and calculation of the differences in the thermodynamic properties of isotopic compounds; with Thode, Hutchison and others, separated the isotopes of the light elements by chemical methods on a laboratory scale; during World War II headed the Substitute Alloy Materials Laboratories of Columbia University where his group developed industrial scale processes for the separation of exp 2 H, exp 10 B, and exp 235 U; with his associates developed the exp 18 O paleotemperature scale; made fundamental contributions to a widely accepted theory of the origin of the earth. (ERA citation 08:006649)