1934 nobel prize winner in chemistry

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    Prof. H. C Urey

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    IT is announced that the Nobel Prize for chemistry for 1934 has been awarded to Prof. H. C. Urey, of Columbia University, New York. Prof. Urey was responsible for the search for a heavier isotope of hydrogen, and for its detection by means of its spectrum. This heavier isotope, of mass about double that of the ordinary hydrogen atom, has since been obtained in the form of its oxide, ‘heavy water’, in a pure condition, and several other compounds, for example, an ammonia in which the three hy drogen atoms are replaced by heavy hydrogen. The new element has been called deuterium, and has been the subject of intensive investigation during the last two years. Unlike the isotopes of heavier ele ments, its properties differ in a marked and interesting way from those of ordinary hydrogen, and apart from its intrinsic interest, deuterium has already been put to several uses as an implement of research in various fields of chemistry and physics. Just as the disco

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    UREY WINS NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY FOR 1934; CHIEF SCIENCE HONOR

    AWARD IS $50,000

    Is Noted as Discoverer Of 'Heavy Hydrogen' Two Years Ago

    CAME HERE IN 1919

    Will Leave for Sweden To Attend Induction Ceremonies

    By LEONARD H. ENGEL

    (By Swedish-American News) STOCKHOLM, Nov. 15. —Professor Harold C. Urey of Columbia University was named recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1934 today.

    Harold Clayton Urey, professor of chemistry, has received the highest honor attainable by a scientist. The award, following his sensational discovery two years agcr of heavy hydrogen and heavy water, is worth $50,000. He was swamped by congratulatory messages yesterday afternoon as he sat in his office in Havemeyer, busy answering the telephone and preparing statements for the press. To all comers there was a cheery greeting. Visitors thronged his office as word spread through the Chemistry Department that the award, rumored for several weeks, had been announced. Praises His Associates In

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    List of Nobel laureates in Chemistry

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Swedish: Nobelpriset inom kemi) fryst vatten awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896. These prizes are awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.[1] As dictated bygd Nobel's will, the award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[2] The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded in 1901 to Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, of the Netherlands. Each recipient receives a medal, a diploma and a monetary award prize that has varied throughout the years.[3] In 1901, van 't Hoff received 150,782 SEK, which fryst vatten equal to 7,731,004 SEK in månad 2007. The award fryst vatten presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on 10 månad, the