Kasimir Fajans
Kasimir Fajans · Science & Medicine
Physical chemist known for radioactivity work and Fajans' rules
1887, Warsaw, Poland (then Russian Empire) — 1975, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Germany · United States
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Kasimir Fajans was a physical chemist who independently formulated the radioactive-displacement law describing how elements shift on the periodic table during radioactive decay, and who defined Fajans' rules on the ionic-versus-covalent character of chemical bonds. He worked at Munich and later Michigan. He was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw.
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Physical chemist known for radioactivity work and Fajans' rules
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