Alma mater University of Vienna Name Josef Mattauch | Education University of Vienna | |
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Born November 21, 1895
Ostrava, Kingdom of Bohemia ( 1895-11-21 ) Notable awards Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1957 Died August 10, 1976, Klosterneuburg, Austria | ||
Josef Mattauch (21 November 1895 – 10 August 1976) was a German physicist known for his work in the investigation of the isotopic abundances by mass spectrometry. He developed the Mattauch isobar rule in 1934.
Contents
- MattauchHerzog geometry mass spectrometer
- Max Planck Institute
- Gttinger eighteen
- Decorations and awards
- References
Mattauch–Herzog geometry mass spectrometer
One of Herzog's most important contributions to mass spectrometry was the design of a sector mass spectrometer. The Mattauch–Herzog geometry consists of a
Max Planck Institute
In 1941 he succeeded Lise Meitner as head of the physics department at Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry and later became the director of the newly formed Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. He retired in 1965.
Göttinger eighteen
Mattauch was one of the Göttinger Achtzehn (Göttingen eighteen), a group of eighteen leading nuclear researchers of the Federal Republic of Germany who in 1957 wrote a manifesto (Göttinger Manifest, Göttinger Erklärung) opposing chancellor Konrad Adenauer and defense secretary Franz-Josef Strauß's move to arm the West German army with tactical nuclear weapons.