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In 1938, Hahn, Meitner and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission, for which Hahn alone, was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Nuclear fission was the basis for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
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Learn about Otto Hahn, the German chemist who discovered nuclear fission in 1938 and won the Nobel Prize in 1944. Explore his scientific contributions, his role in World War II, and his legacy in nuclear chemistry.
Fission, the basis of the atomic bomb, was discovered in Nazi Germany less than a year before the beginning of the Second World War. 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.
Otto Hahn discovered the fission of heavy nuclei by irradiating uranium with neutrons. He shared the prize with Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch, who explained the theoretical basis of the phenomenon.
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
Otto Hahn (born March 8, 1879, Frankfurt am Main, Ger.—died July 28, 1968, Göttingen, W.Ger.) was a German chemist who, with the radiochemist Fritz Strassmann, is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission.
Dec 20, 2013 · Learn how Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassman discovered nuclear fission in 1938, and how they refused to use it for military purposes. The IAEA celebrates their pioneering work and its contribution to peace and development.
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