Noddack

American  

[nawd-ak] / ˈnɔd æk /

noun

1. Ida 1896–1978, German chemist and physicist.

2. Walter 1893–1960, German chemist.

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Noddack Scientific  

/ nŏd′ăk′ /

1. German chemist who with her husband, Walter Karl Friedrich Noddack (1893–1960), discovered rhenium and an element they called masurium (later named technetium) in 1925.

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Example Sentences

German chemists Ida Tacke and Walter Noddack set out to find the elements, a quest being pursued by scientists around the world.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The German husband-and-wife team Walter and Ida Noddack claimed to have glimpsed element 43 as part of a nuclear reaction, and named it "masurium" after the Masurian lakes, where Walter was born.

From BBC • May 29, 2015

Dr. Ida Noddack pointed out that no one had searched among the products of Fermi's experiment for elements lighter than lead, but no one paid any attention to her suggestion at the time.

From A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis by Watson, Glen W.