Katharine B. Blodgett
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Katharine Burr Blodgett (born January 10, 1898 in Schenectady , New York ; † October 12, 1979 ) was an American physicist and the first woman to find a job as a scientist in the research laboratories of General Electric ( GE ) in 1917 . There she assisted Irving Langmuir , who worked on research on monomolecular coatings. Blodgett succeeded in putting Langmuir's theories into practice ( Langmuir-Blodgett layers ) and thus developed the first non-reflective coating of glass and metal surfaces.
Katharine Blodgett was the first woman to earn a doctorate in physics from Cambridge University in 1926 . In 1951 she was awarded the American Chemical Society's Garvan Olin Medal . In 1939 she became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . She has received honorary degrees from several colleges, including Brown University .
Web links
- Biography of Katharine Burr Blodgett by Klaus Beneke (PDF, 1.7 MB)
- Katharine Burr Blodgett. Pioneer in surface chemistry and engineering. Edison Tech Center, accessed December 7, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Blodgett, Katharine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burr Blodgett, Katharine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schenectady , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1979 |
| Place of death | Schenectady |