Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry

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The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry was a prominent German research institute in Berlin, renowned for pioneering work in physical and nuclear chemistry in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf research institute
scientific organization
affiliation Kaiser Wilhelm Society
associatedEvent discovery of nuclear fission in 1938
associatedPerson Fritz Strassmann
Lise Meitner
Otto Hahn
buildingStatus partly preserved
cityDistrict Dahlem
surface form: Berlin-Dahlem
country Germany
director Emil Fischer
Fritz Strassmann
Lise Meitner
Otto Hahn
dissolved 1948
employed Clara Immerwahr
Emil Fischer
Fritz Strassmann
Ida Noddack
Lise Meitner
Otto Hahn
fieldOfWork chemistry
nuclear chemistry
physical chemistry
radiochemistry
founded 1911
foundedBy Kaiser Wilhelm Society
historicalPeriod World War I
World War II
early 20th century
interwar period
languageOfWork German
locatedIn Berlin
Dahlem
namedAfter Wilhelm II, German Emperor
notableFor leading center of German chemical research
pioneering work in nuclear fission
notableWork development of radiochemical methods
discovery of nuclear fission of uranium
research on radioactive elements
opened 1912
partOf Kaiser Wilhelm Society
predecessorOf Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
renamedAs Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
researchFocus isotope separation
radioactivity
transuranium elements
successor Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

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Max Delbrück employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry
Otto Hahn employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry
Otto Hahn employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry
this entity surface form: University of Berlin Institute for Chemistry
Kaiser Wilhelm Society hasPart Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry
Meitner–Hahn experiments location Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry
Fritz Strassmann employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry