Ida Noddack
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.
Ida Noddack | |
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| Born | Ida Tacke 25 February 1896 Lackhausen, Rhine Province, German Empire |
| Died | 24 September 1978 (aged 82) |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Berlin |
| Known for | Rhenium, nuclear fission |
| Awards | Liebig Medal Scheele Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| 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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