Oswald Helmuth Göhring

Oswald Helmuth Göhring
Born 1889
Died 1915? [1]
Nationality German
Alma mater University of Karlsruhe
Doctoral advisor Kazimierz Fajans
Known for Discovery of protactinium

Oswald Helmuth Göhring (1889 - 1915?) was a German chemist who, with his teacher Kasimir Fajans, co-discovered the chemical element protactinium in 1913.

Discovery of protactinium

Protactinium was first identified in 1913 by Kasimir Fajans and Oswald Helmuth Göhring at the University of Karlsruhe. The new element was called brevium due to the short half-life of the isotope specific studied, Protactinium-234 (234 Pa).

Fajans and Göhring also worked to identify as many isotopes of the new element as possible, and also to publicize their discovery—a process that was hampered by the onset of World War I.[2]

In 1914, Göhring was conscripted into the army. Presumably he perished during the war; he is listed as the author of no further scientific articles or publications after 1915.[2]

A stable isotope of this element was discovered in 1918, and thus the name was changed to protoactinium, and then in 1949 to its present name, protactinium.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side By Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa, Mary Virginia Orna, p. 261. Online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Te1jBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA261&dq=Oswald+Helmuth+G%C3%B6hring+protactinium&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjp0q2k9pHKAhVLKyYKHW4dDIUQ6AEIJTAC#v=onepage&q=Oswald%20Helmuth%20G%C3%B6hring%20protactinium&f=false Accessed 4 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Fontani, Marco; Costa, Mariagrazia; Orna, Mary Virginia (2014-10-01). The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side. Oxford University Press. p. 261. ISBN 9780199383351.
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