Louis B. Werner
Louis B. Werner (* 1921 in Idaho ; † May 20, 2007 ) was an American chemist , known for his contributions to nuclear chemistry .
He graduated from the College of Idaho with a bachelor's degree in 1940 and then went to the University of California, Berkeley for further study . In 1942 he worked for the Manhattan Project in Chicago (Metallurgical Laboratory of the University), where on August 20, 1942, with Glenn T. Seaborg (head of the group) and Burris B. Cunningham (whose immediate collaborator he was), the first isolation became more visible and a little later, weighable quantities (in the microgram range) of a synthetic element succeeded, plutonium , which is important for the development of the atomic bomb , even before the world's first nuclear reactor was operational in Chicago (December 1942). This was followed by the isolation of americium with Cunningham in Chicago in 1945 and curium with Isadore Perlman in Berkeley in 1947 (in weighable quantities).
He was a representative of the US Atomic Energy Commission in Great Britain for two and a half years , where he was employed as an Environmental Projects Manager. He was an honorary doctorate from the College of Idaho.
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| SURNAME | Werner, Louis B. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Idaho |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 2007 |