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Isabella Karle

1921 - 2017
Chemistry

Personal Information

Born: 1921

Died: 2017

Professional Life

Field of Study: Chemistry

Degrees & Memberships: Member: American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1993)

Awards & Achievements

Achievements: worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, where she developed techniques to extract plutonium chloride from a mixture containing plutonium oxide.