Ralph A. James
Ralph Arthur James (born September 23, 1920 in Salt Lake City , † February 24, 1973 in Alamo , California ) was an American chemist, co-discoverer of americium and curium .
James studied at the University of California, Berkeley and was a doctoral student with Glenn T. Seaborg in Chicago, where he first worked on the chemistry of plutonium and from 1943 on the synthesis and identification of americium and curium under Seaborg . In addition to Seaborg and James, Albert Ghiorso and Leon O. Morgan were also involved. He later went to the University of California, Los Angeles and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory . He dealt with nuclear reactions and, for example, the radiation doses for the thyroid from the fallout after nuclear explosions.
In 1955 he was a Guggenheim Fellow .
literature
- Darleane C. Hoffman , Albert Ghiorso, Glenn T. Seaborg Uranium People , Imperial College Press 2000
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| SURNAME | James, Ralph A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | James, Ralph Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salt Lake City |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1973 |
| Place of death | Alamo , California |