Ida Noddack | |
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Born | Ida Tacke 25 February 1896 |
Died | 24 September 1978 | (aged 82)
Citizenship | Germany |
Alma mater | Technische Universität Berlin[1] |
Known for | Rhenium, nuclear fission |
Awards | Liebig Medal Scheele Medal[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemist and physicist |
Institutions | Allgemein Elektrizität Gesellschaft, Berlin; Siemens & Halske, Berlin; Physikalische Technische Reichsanstalt, Berlin; University of Freiburg, University of Strasbourg; Staatliche Forschungs Institut für Geochemie, Bamberg[1] |
Ida Noddack (25 February 1896 – 24 September 1978), née Tacke, was a German chemist and physicist. In 1934 she was the first to mention the idea later named nuclear fission.[2][3][4] With her husband Walter Noddack, and Otto Berg, she discovered element 75, rhenium. She was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.