doctoral_advisor death_place death_date birth_place fields workplaces notable_students birth_date article_title academic_advisors name alma_mater
richard m. badger salt lake city , utah 11 november 1997 sacramento , california physical chemistry university of utah marvin l. vestal 05 may 1917 austin l. wahrhaftig
 joel henry hildebrand austin l. wahrhaftig university of california , berkeley
austin l. wahrhaftig

austin levy wahrhaftig -lrb- may 5 , 1917 -- november 11 , 1997 -rrb- was an american chemist and mass spectrometrist known for his development of the quasi-equilibrium theory of fragmentation of molecular ions .
the wahrhaftig diagram that illustrates the relationship between internal energy and unimolecular ion decomposition is named after him .
