HEVESY, GEORG v.

Das Element Hafnium. Mit 23 Abbildungen.

Berlin, Springer, 1927. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. 49,(1) pp.

First edition. - When Hevesy together with Dirk Coster began the radiographic examination of Zirconium ores, and were able to demonstrate in them the line of an unknown element, which they then isolated chemically in the form of a flouride. They named it after the Latin name of Copenhagen.(DSB VI: 366) - Hevesy was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1943 in chemistry.

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