Background
Choppin, Gregory Robert was born on November 9, 1927 in Eagle Lake, Texas, United States. Son of Gilbert P. and Nellie M. (Guidroz) Choppin.
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The first book for advanced students of chemistry and chemical engineering to cover both basic nuclear chemistry and the whole nuclear power fuel cycle including waste handling and storage and associated hazards. Covers all major advances in the field up to 1978. Includes problems and solutions. The book has been course tested at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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Nuclear chemistry comprises isotope chemistry, radiochemistry, radiation chemistry and nuclear reaction chemistry, along with applications. These interrelated fields are all covered in this textbook for chemists and chemical engineers. This new edition of the standard work 'Nuclear Chemistry' has been completely rewritten and restructured to suit teaching and learning needs in a wide range of chemistry courses, such as basic courses in radiochemistry, or more advanced nuclear chemistry courses. The book is divided into sections that closely fit teaching demands. The first chapter gives a broad introduction and background to the subject, and the second chapter covers stable isotopes. Chapters 3 to 9 comprise what is generally regarded as 'radiochemistry'. Chapters 10 to 17 offer a course in nuclear reaction chemistry. Chapter 18 deals with biological radiation effects for the chemist. The last four chapters give a guide to nuclear energy: energy production, fuel cycle, waste management, the largest applied field of nuclear chemistry. Over 200 exercises, with model answers, remain largely unchanged from the first edition, so teachers working from the earlier text should find only advantages in switching to this new restructured course book on all aspects of nuclear chemistry. 'The book fully meets the authors objectives, it is well written in a logical, objective, thought-provoking and quite easily readable style. It should appeal to the serious student of radio- and nuclear chemistry at either undergraduate or postgraduate level, as well as to readers with a more general interest in nuclear science and its impact on the environment.' - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, July 1995 'This book is an excellent, readable account of a significant part of the scientific achievements of more than half this century. The authors have dedicated the book to Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg and its scholarship makes it a fitting tribute.' - Radiological Protection Bulletin, December 1995
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Choppin, Gregory Robert was born on November 9, 1927 in Eagle Lake, Texas, United States. Son of Gilbert P. and Nellie M. (Guidroz) Choppin.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1949. Doctor of Science (honorary), Loyola University, New Orleans, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Tex, 1953.
Doctor of Science Technology (honorary), Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden, 1985.
The element was named in honor of Dmitri Mendeleev. He then worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley from 1953-1956. While at Berkeley he co-discovered Mendelevium.
Video documentation of the discovery was produced by the television station KQED and can be viewed on YouTube with a new narration by Claude Lyneis.
He taught at Florida State University from 1956 until 2001. At Florida State University, he served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and was named Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor, "..the highest honor the Florida State faculty bestows upon one of its own." The chemistry wing of the science building at Loyola University is named for Choppin, and the Choppin Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry is an endowed chair at Florida State University.
Choppin is sometimes credited with co-discovering the elements Einsteinium and Fermium.
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Served to corporal United States Army, 1946-1948. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (award Florida section 1973, Southern Chemist award 1971, award in Nuclear Chemistry 1985, OESPER award Cincinnati section 1995), Royal Society Arts and Science (honorary foreign member) (Sweden), Rare Earth Research Conference (president board 1981-1983, chairman 16th conference 1983), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Ann M. Warner. Children: Denise, Suzanne, Paul, Nadine.