Willard Harrison Bennett
Willard Harrison Bennett (born June 13, 1903 in Findlay , Ohio - † September 28, 1987 ) was an American physicist and inventor. He carried out studies in plasma, astro, geo and chemophysics.
In 1930 he became a professor at Ohio State University . After serving in the US Army during World War II , he became Burlington Professor of Physics at North Carolina State University in 1961 . In 1976 he retired.
Bennett was one of the pioneers of plasma physics and thus laid the foundations for research into the development of a nuclear fusion reactor . In 1950 he developed the radio frequency mass spectrometer for measuring the masses of ionized atoms, which was used on the Soviet Sputnik 3 satellite, among others .
Web links
- Willard H. Bennett. In: Inventor Hall of Fame. (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ WH Bennett: Radiofrequency Mass Spectrometer . In: Journal of Applied Physics . tape 21 , 1950, pp. 143 , doi : 10.1063 / 1.1699613 (English).
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| SURNAME | Bennett, Willard Harrison |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Findlay , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1987 |