Alfred O. C. Nier Scientist

Alfred Otto Carl Nier (May 28, 1911 - May 16, 1994) was an American physicist who pioneered the development of mass spectrometry. He was the first to use mass spectrometry to isolate uranium-235 which was used to demonstrate that 235U could undergo fission and developed the sector mass spectrometer configuration now known as Nier-Johnson geometry.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 28, 1911
Birth nameAlfred Otto Carl Nier
Birth place
Saint Paul Minnesota
Nationality
United States
Date of deathMay 16, 1994
Place of death
Hennepin County Medical Center

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Field of study
Physicist

Topical connections

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External resources

  1. http://alsos.wlu.edu/qsearch.aspx?browse=people/Nier,+Alfred
  2. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=34
  3. http://digital.lib.umn.edu/IMAGES/reference/ua/ua100264.jpg
  4. http://photos.aip.org/images/catalog/nier_alfred_c2.jsp
  5. http://photos.aip.org/images/catalog/nier_alfred_g1.jsp
  6. http://web.archive.org/web/20070714174916/http:/photos.aip.org/images/catalog/nier_alfred_c2.jsp
  7. http://web.archive.org/web/20070714183315/http:/photos.aip.org/images/catalog/nier_alfred_g1.jsp
  8. http://www.aps-pub.com/proceedings/1434/Nier.pdf
  9. http://www.msthalloffame.org/alfred_nier.htm
  10. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/anier.html