# Ferdinand Graft Brickwedde

> Ferdinand Graft Brickwedde, a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards, in 1931 produced the first sample of hydrogen in which the spectrum of its heavy isotope, deuterium, could be observed. This was a critical step in the discovery of deuterium, for which Brickwedde's collaborator, Harold Urey, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934.

*American physicist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-graft-brickwedde

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1903-03-26
- **Died:** 1989-03-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 6.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Ferdinand Brickwedde](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Brickwedde)
- [Ferdinand Brickwedde](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Brickwedde)
- [Ferdinand Brickwedde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Brickwedde)
- [Ferdinand Brickwedde](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Brickwedde)
- [فردیناند بریکود](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF)
- [Ferdinand Brickwedde](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Brickwedde)
- [Ferdinand Brickwedde](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Brickwedde)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5443808)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-graft-brickwedde