Definition of Hevesy

1. Noun. Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966).

Exact synonyms: George Charles Hevesy De Hevesy
Generic synonyms: Chemist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hevesy

Heterosomata
Heterostraci
Heterotheca
Heterotheca villosa
Heterotrichales
Hettie
Heubner's arteritis
Heuchera
Heuchera americana
Heuchera cylindrica
Heuchera sanguinea
Heuser's membrane
Hevea
Hevea brasiliensis
Hevesy
Hew
Hewat
Hewes
Hewetson
Hewett
Hewison
Hewitson
Hewitt
Hewkin
Hewlett
Hews
Hewson
Hexadnovirus
Hexadrol

Literary usage of Hevesy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"hevesy, G. Radio-elements as indicators In chemistry and physics. Set. Am. S. 77: 183. Mr. 21. 44. Lieutenant Joshua Hewes: a New England pioneer and some ..."

2. Radioactive substances and their radiations by Ernest Rutherford (1913)
"hevesy*. He has slown that the following groups of radio-active substances ... hevesy has shown that the separation of products by clipping a metal plate ..."

3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"hevesy and F. Paneth. K. FAJANS. Karlsruhe. Physik. Z. 17, 1-4(1916); cf. С. At 9. ... hevesy and Paneth (('. A. 9, 175, 1271, 2485) respecting the ..."

4. The Chemical Effects of Alpha Particles and Electrons by Samuel Colville Lind (1921)
"A very strong piece of indirect evidence in favor of this view is the principle discovered and elaborated by Russell,4 Soddy,5 Fajans,6 v. hevesy/ and ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"H2O sat. with H2S dissolves 1.5 X10-* g. PbS at 25°. (hevesy, Z. anorg. 1913, 82. 328.) Somewhat sol. in H2S+Aq when heated therewith in a sealed tube. ..."

6. The Principles of Applied Electrochemistry by Arthur John Allmand (1912)
"hevesy 1 shows this to be incorrect. He determined the solubilities of sodium ... hevesy showed the correctness of this view by parallel experiments on the ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"About six months after our notice of the separation of chlorine into isotopes had been published, Bronsted and von hevesy published a notice in Nature ..."

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