Quarterman, Lloyd Albert
1918-1982 · Contribution: 1940s
Military & Safety
Fluoride chemistry research, Manhattan Project
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- Born
- 1918-1982
- Category
- Military & Safety
Impact on the world
Quarterman contributed to the science behind the atomic bomb and then to decades of fluoride and nuclear chemistry, a Black scientist at the frontier of mid-century physics.
Sources
- BlackPast.org
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