Yvette Cauchois
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Yvette Cauchois was a French physicist and researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. She is known for her contributions to X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray optics, and for pioneeri
Yvette Cauchois French physicist
Solvay Conference on Physics in Brussels 1951; Cauchois is seated, third from left.
Horia Hulubei
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Horia Hulubei was a Romanian nuclear physicist, known for his contributions to the development of X-ray spectroscopy.
Yvette Cauchois
…study the electronic structure of materials. Cauchois systematically studied the X-ray spectra of heavy elements and actinides. In 1936, Cauchois and Horia Hulubei claimed to have discovered element 85 via X-ray analysis, conducting further research and publishing on follow-up studies in 1939. With Frederick Kenneth…
Horia Hulubei 2016 stamp of Romania
Hulubei in his lab