Quarterman, Lloyd Albert
1918-1982 · Contribution: 1940s
Fluoride chemistry research, Manhattan Project
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Impact on the world
Worked as a junior chemist on the Manhattan Project under Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago, helping design a hydrogen-fluoride distillation system used to separate uranium-235 for the atomic bomb; later became a leading fluoride chemist at Argonne National Laboratory.
Life & background
A chemist specializing in fluoride compounds, Quarterman was one of a small number of Black scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, collaborating directly with physicists Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi.
Sources
- BlackPast.org; Atomic Heritage Foundation (Nuclear Museum); African American Registry
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