Friedrich Ernst Dorn

Friedrich Ernst Dorn
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
Born(1848-07-27)27 July 1848
Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), Province of Prussia
Died16 December 1916(1916-12-16) (aged 68)
Halle, Province of Saxony, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Königsberg
Known forDorn effect
Radon
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsHalle University

Friedrich Ernst Dorn (27 July 1848 – 16 December 1916) was a German physicist. He is best remembered for his discovery that radium emits a radioactive substance, later named radon.

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