Berta Karlik
Berta Karlik
Berta Karlik was an Austrian physicist. She worked for the University of Vienna, eventually becoming the first female professor at the institution. While working with Ernst Foyn she published a paper on the radioactivity of seawater. She discovered that the chemical element 85 astatine is a product of the natural decay processes. The element was first synthesized in 1940 by Dale R. Corson, K. R. MacKenzie, and Emilio Segrè, after several scientists in vain searched for it in radioactive minerals.
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Female
Date of Birth
January 24th, 1904
Age
122
Birth Place
Austria
Date of Death
February 4th, 1990
Died Aged
86
Star Sign
Aquarius
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