Pol Duwez
Pol Duwez | |
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Born | 11 December 1907 |
Died | 31 December 1984 | (aged 77)
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | University of Brussels |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Materials Science |
Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Émile Henriot |
Doctoral students | William Andrew Goddard III |
Pol Duwez (11 December 1907 – 31 December 1984) was a Belgian-born materials scientist. While working at Caltech in 1960, he first introduced metallic glasses made through rapid liquid cooling using a technique known as Splat quenching.[1]
References[]
- ^ Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 31, p. 1136 (1960)
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