Background
Roth, Etienne Georges Alfred was born on June 6, 1922 in Strasbourg, France. Son of Georges Jules and Marguerite (Neymarck) Roth.
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Etienne Georges Alfred Roth
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Etienne Georges Alfred Roth, French chemistry educator, nuclear scientist. Achievements include building original instruments for isotope analysis, invention and development detritiation processes, of heavy water, for plants built in France, Canada, India, and Argentina, developing isotope geochemical measurements in France especially used for deuterium and tritium in ice caps and for the discovery and studies of the OKLO phenomenon.
Education
Doctor in Engineering, Ecole Polytech., Paris, 1946. Doctor of Science, Sorbonne, 1960.
Career
Research scientist Atomic Energy Commission, France, 1946-1954, head stable isotope section France, 1954-1959, head stable isootope service France, 1959-1971, head department research and analysis France, since 1971, deputy director chemistry France, 1978-1980, director research France, 1980-1987. Professor applied nuclear chemistry Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers, Paris, 1963-1991. Visiting scientist Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1957.
Chairman Atomic Weights Commission of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1971-1977.
Achievements
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Achievements include building original instruments for isotope analysis, invention and development detritiation processes, of heavy water, for plants built in France, Canada, India, and Argentina, developing isotope geochemical measurements in France especially used for deuterium and tritium in ice caps and for the discovery and studies of the OKLO phenomenon.
Membership
Member Society Chemical Physics, American Nuclear Society, European Physical Society, book on Nuclear Chemistry, Nuclear Methods of Dasiting.
Connections
Married Francoise Alice Hirsch, June 3, 1949. Children: Catherine, Elisabeth, Marianne, Brigitte.
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Education
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1946
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1960
Career
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1946 - 1954
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1963 - 1991
Awards
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Recipient Chemistry award French Academy Sciences, 1969. Decorated Chevalier De La Legion D'Honneur. Achievements include invention and development of several isotope separation processes for heavy water and tritium that are developing isotope geochemical measurements in France especially for deuterium and tritium in ice caps and studies of the OKLO phenomenon.Recipient Chemistry award French Academy Sciences, 1969. Decorated Chevalier De La Legion D'Honneur. Achievements include invention and development of several isotope separation processes for heavy water and tritium that are developing isotope geochemical measurements in France especially for deuterium and tritium in ice caps and studies of the OKLO phenomenon.