Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
September 21, 1853 –February 21, 1926
Physicist, Inventor, University teacher, Scientist
Lived 72 years
- Born in
- Groningen
- Passed away in
- Leiden
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch: [ˈɦɛikə ˈkaːmərlɪŋ ˈɔnəs]; 21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) was a Dutch experimental physicist who became the first to liquefy helium, cooling it to near 1.5 kelvin (K). For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1913.
In 1911, using liquid helium to investigate the electrical conductivity of solid mercury, Kamerlingh Onnes found that its electrical resistance vanishes at 4.2 K, i.e. superconductivity.
Notable works: superconductivity Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Rumford Medal, Matteucci Medal, Franklin Medal, Foreign Member of the Royal Society Education: Heidelberg University, University of Groningen
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