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  1. Friedrich Wilhelm Strassmann (German: [fʁɪt͡s ˈʃtʁasˌman] ⓘ; 22 February 1902 – 22 April 1980) was a German chemist who, with Otto Hahn in December 1938, identified the element barium as a product of the bombardment of uranium with neutrons.

  2. Apr 18, 2024 · Fritz Strassmann (born Feb. 22, 1902, Boppard, Ger.—died April 22, 1980, Mainz, W.Ger.) was a German physical chemist who, with Otto Hahn, discovered neutron-induced nuclear fission in uranium (1938) and thereby opened the field of atomic energy.

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  4. Learn how these three scientists discovered nuclear fission in 1938 and its implications for atomic energy. Find out about their backgrounds, collaborations, and contributions to science history.

  5. Learn about Fritz Strassmann, a German chemist who discovered nuclear fission with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner. Find out his biography, achievements, and role in the Manhattan Project.

  6. Fritz Strassmann was a German chemist who worked with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner on nuclear fission. He was a professor of inorganic and nuclear chemistry at the University of Mainz and received the Enrico Fermi Award in 1966.

  7. It was December 1938 when the radiochemists Otto Hahn (above, with Lise Meitner) and Fritz Strassmann, while bombarding elements with neutrons in their Berlin laboratory, made their unexpected discovery.

  8. Nuclear fission was discovered in December 1938 by chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann and physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch. Fission is a nuclear reaction or radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller, lighter nuclei and often other particles.

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