Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

General Awareness

Question:

The Noble Prize in Chemistry 1951 was awarded jointly to Edwin Mattison McMillan and _____ for their discoveries in the chemistry of the Transuranium  elements

Options:

Jacob Berzelius

Leon Jouhaux

Glenn T Seaborg

Albert Schweitzer

Correct Answer:

Glenn T Seaborg

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) - Glenn T Seaborg

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951 was awarded jointly to Edwin McMillan and Glenn T. Seaborg "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements."

  • Edwin McMillan and Glenn T. Seaborg were American chemists who collaborated extensively in the field of nuclear chemistry.
  • Their discovery of transuranium elements, which are elements with atomic numbers greater than uranium, was a groundbreaking achievement.
  • McMillan and Seaborg developed a new method for synthesizing these elements, which involved bombarding heavier elements with neutrons.