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Encyclopedia > Walter Gerlach

Walter Gerlach (1 August 1889 - 10 August 1979) was a German physicist. August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...


He discovered the spin quantization together with Otto Stern in 1922. (Stern-Gerlach experiment) Suspected of making nuclear weapons for Germany, he was taken to the UK for questioning. Otto Stern Otto Stern (February 17, 1888 – August 17, 1969) was an German physicist and Nobel laureate. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... In quantum mechanics, the Stern-Gerlach experiment, named after Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach, is a celebrated experiment in 1920 on deflection of particles, often used to illustrate basic principles of quantum mechanics. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ...


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Gerlach, T.M., Westrich, H.R., Casadevall, T.J., and Finnegin, D.L., 1994, Vapor saturation and accumulation in magmas of the 1989-1990 eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v.
Gerlach, T.M., and Taylor, B.E., 1990, Carbon isotope constraints on degassing of carbon dioxide from Kilauea Volcano: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v.
Krueger, A.J., Walter, L.S., Schnetzler, C.C., and Doiron, S.D. measurement of the sulfur dioxide emitted during the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruptions: Jour.
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