George de Hevesy

George Charles de Hevesy (also known as Georg Karl von Hevesy) (August 1, 1885 - July 5, 1966) was a Hungarian chemist who was important in the development of the tracer method where radioactive tracers are used to study chemical processes, e.g., the metabolism of animals.

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August 1 - 1885 - July 5 - 1966 - Hungarian - Chemist - Radioactive tracer - Metabolism

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For this he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1943.

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When the Nazis invaded Denmark he dissolved the gold Nobel Prizes of Max von Laue and James Franck into aqua regia and placed this reagent on a shelf in his laboratory at the Niels Bohr Institute.

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Nazis - Denmark - Nobel Prize - Max von Laue - James Franck - Aqua regia - Niels Bohr Institute

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After the war, he returned to find the solution undisturbed and precipitated the gold out of the acid. The Nobel Society then recast the Nobel Prizes using the original gold.

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in 1923 he was a co-discoverer of Hafnium, with Dirk Coster.

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Hafnium - Dirk Coster

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