While associated with the Manhattan Project he helped develop a method for separating uranium isotopes, an essential step in the creation of the atomic bomb and in 1946 he showed that tritium, the heaviest isotope of hydrogen, was produced by cosmic radiation.
While associated with the Manhattan Project he helped develop a method for separating uranium isotopes, an essential step in the creation of the atomic bomb and in 1946 he showed that tritium, the heaviest isotope of hydrogen, was produced by cosmic radiation. A member of the Bolivian Society of Anthropology, he later served on the US Atomic Energy Commission but he is best remembered for a discover made in 1947 that earned him the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. For 10 points, name this American scientist who developed Radiocarbon dating.
While associated with the Manhattan Project he helped develop a method for separating uranium isotopes, an essential step in the creation of the atomic bomb and in 1946 he showed that tritium, the heaviest isotope of hydrogen, was produced by cosmic radiation.
Willard Frank {Libby}