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Arthur Wahl

Arthur C. Wahl
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Born (1917-09-08)September 8, 1917
Des Moines, Iowa
Died March 6, 2006(2006-03-06) (aged 88)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Nationality USA
Fields Chemistry
Institutions Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Alma mater Iowa State University (B.S.) and University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisor Glenn T. Seaborg
Known for First isolation of Plutonium
Notable awards ACS Award for Nuclear Chemistry (1966)

Arthur Charles Wahl (September 8, 1917 – March 6, 2006) was an American chemist who, as a doctoral student of Glenn T. Seaborg at the University of California, Berkeley, first isolated plutonium in February 1941. He also worked on the Manhattan Project.

Jeremy Bernstein: Plutonium: A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element. Cornell University Press, 2009.

Arthur Charles Wahl at Find a Grave


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