Francis William Aston
Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry 1922
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Francis William Aston, born on September 1, 1877, in Harborne, United Kingdom, was a British chemist known for his contributions to mass spectrometry. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1922 for his discovery of isotopes in a large number of non-radioactive elements using his mass spectrograph. Aston also enunciated the whole-number rule, which is fundamental in the field of chemistry. He passed away on November 20, 1945.
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- Who is Francis William Aston?
- Francis William Aston, born on September 1, 1877, in Harborne, United Kingdom, was a British chemist known for his contributions to mass spectrometry. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1922 for his discovery of isotopes in a large number of non-radioactive elements using his mass spectrograph. Aston also enunciated the whole-number rule, which is fundamental in the field of chemistry. He passed away on November 20, 1945.
- In what year did Francis William Aston win the Nobel Prize?
- 1922 — Chemistry