Clarence Zener
American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1905 to 1993 · aged 87
Clarence Melvin Zener was an American physicist who in 1934 was the first to describe the property concerning the breakdown of electrical insulators. These findings were later exploited by Bell Labs in the development of the Zener diode, which was duly named after him.
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1993Died2 July 19931985Zener PrizeAward1982Von Hippel AwardAward1959John Price Wetherill MedalAward1957Bingham MedalAward1935Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAward1905Born1 December 1905
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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1905 to 1993 · aged 87
