Died 1990-02-04.
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Berta Karlik
Berta Karlik was an Austrian physicist. She worked for the University of Vienna, eventually becoming the first female professor at the institution. While working with Ernst Foyn, she published a paper on the radioactivity of seawater. She discovered that the chemical element 85 astatine is a product of natural decay processes. The element was first synthesized in 1940 by Dale R. Corson, K. R. MacK…
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science · Austrian physicist (1904–1990) · physicist · physician · university teacher · nuclear physicist · also Berta Karlik, Karlik
Born 14 January 1904 · Died 4 February 1990 · Q88839
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1973· 1 entry
But worked at the institute until she died in 1990
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Erwin Schrödinger Prize (1967).
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1954· 1 entry
Won Wilhelm Exner Medal (1954).
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Prize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences (1951).
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1947· 1 entry
Awarded Haitinger Prize (1947).
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1945· 1 entry
And official director in 1947 upon discovering the existence of astatine
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1930· 1 entry
Karlik found a job at a laboratory run by William Henry Bragg in London
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1923· 1 entry
Was accepted as a regular student to the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Vienna until 1928, when she received her Ph
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1904· 1 entry
Born 1904-01-14.
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