Japanese Pioneers in the Field of Nuclear and Radiochemistry.
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Accession number;02A0151797
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| Title;Japanese Pioneers in the Field of Nuclear and Radiochemistry. |
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SAITO N
(Dep. Chemistry, Fac. Sci., Univ. Tokyo)
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Journal Title;Abstracts of Papers. Symposium on Radiochemistry
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Journal Code:F0139B
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ISSN:1345-2762
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VOL.45th;NO.;PAGE.17-18(2001)
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| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;English |
| Abstract;This talk will review the life and work of the great Japanese pioneers in the field of nuclear and radiochemistry: Dr. Satoyasu Iimori (1885-1982) and Prof. Kenjiro Kimura (1896-1988). Dr. Iimori was born in Kanazawa City, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial Univ. in 1910. After working at the Univ. for a while, he moved to England in 1919. From 1920 to 1921 he stayed at Oxford Univ. to study radiochemistry under Prof. F. Soddy. In 1921 he returned home to join the of Physical and Chemical Research in Tokyo (abbreviated as RIKEN). This was founded in 1917 as a center of advanced research for natural science in Japan.Iimori contributed to radiochemistry in the area of both research and education. He proposed a new technical term, DOIGENSO, as a Japanese version of ISOTOPE. He also gave the first lecture of radiochemistry entitled "Chemistry of Radioelements" at the Dep. of Chemistry, Tokyo Imperial Univ. in 1922. The lecture continued for 22 years until 1943. His research activities at RIKEN, include extensive radiogeochemical studies on uranium, thorium in minerals and radon in natural waters. It is worth noting that radon in geochemical samples was analyzed by means of IM Fontactscope which Iimori invented in 1931. The fontactoscope has been employed by many Japanese geochemists for measurements of radon.Prof. Kimura was born in Utsunomiya City, Japan. His academic study at Tokyo Imperial Univ. began in 1916. After finishing Univ. education in 1920, he worked under Prof. Yuji Shibata for a few years. During that period, Kimura published his first paper co-authored with Y. Shibata, which reported on chemical analyses of Japanese radioactive minerals.... (author abst.) |
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