Arthur Wahl
| Arthur C. Wahl | |
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| Born |
September 8, 1917 Des Moines, Iowa |
| Died | March 6, 2006 (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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