William Draper Harkins

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American chemist (1873-1951)

United States ScientistsLived 1873 to 1951 · aged 77

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The magnet yoke from the cyclotron built in 1935 by Professor William D. Harkins and colleagues at the University of Chicago was moved in 1978 to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Batavia, Illinois, where it is on display. Photo: William S. Higgins

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1928Willard Gibbs Award

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William Draper Harkins was an American physical chemist, noted for his contributions to surface chemistry and nuclear chemistry. He is also recognized now as one of the first environmental chemists. Harkins and his student E.D. Wilson made careful analysis of the atomic nucleus demonstrating difference between chemical and atomic species now called isotopes. As part of this work Harkin was the first to analyze the abundance of elements in meteors as a indication of composition of the Early Solar System. As a visiting professor with Fritz Haber in 1909, he was introduced to the study of surface tension, and he began work on the theory of solutions and solubility during a visit to MIT in 1909-1910.

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