Otto Kratky
Physicist (1902-1995) · Austria · On the map · Scientists · Died at 92
Otto Kratky was an Austrian physicist. He is best known for his contribution to the small-angle X-ray scattering method, for the Kratky plot, and for the invention of the density metering using the oscillating u-tube principle.
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1995Died11 February 19951987Gregori Aminoff PrizeAward1977Ring of Honour of the Austrian state StyriaAward1971Cothenius MedalAward1970Wilhelm Exner MedalAward1964Austrian Decoration for Science and ArtAwardErwin Schrödinger PrizeAward1961Wolfgang Ostwald PrizeAward1936Haitinger PrizeAward1902Born9 March 1902
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About this person
The worm-like chain model in polymer physics, introduced with Günther Porod in a 1949 paper, is also named the Kratky-Porod model.
Country
Austria
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1995 · aged 92
