Gernot Zippe
Austrian mechanical engineer (1917–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gernot Zippe (November 1917 – 7 May 2008) was an Austrian mechanical engineer and a nuclear physicist of German origin who is widely credited with leading the team which developed the Zippe-type centrifuge, a centrifuge machine for the enrichment and collection of Uranium-235, during his time in the Soviet program of nuclear weapons.
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Gernot Zippe | |
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Born | November 1917 |
Died | 7 May 2008 (2008-05-08) (aged 90) |
Nationality | German |
Citizenship | Austria |
Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Known for | Zippe-type centrifuges Soviet program of nuclear weapons German nuclear program during World War II |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mechanical engineering |
Institutions | Luftwaffe Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Tomsk-7 University of Virginia (United States) |
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