Clarence Zener
American physicist (1905–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clarence Melvin Zener (December 1, 1905 – July 2, 1993) was the American physicist who in 1934[1] was the first to describe the property concerning the breakdown of electrical insulators. These findings were later exploited by Bell Labs in the development of the Zener diode, which was duly named after him.[2] Zener was a theoretical physicist with a background in mathematics who conducted research in a wide range of subjects including: superconductivity, metallurgy, ferromagnetism, elasticity, fracture mechanics, diffusion, and geometric programming.
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Clarence Melvin Zener | |
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Born | (1905-12-01)December 1, 1905 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | July 2, 1993(1993-07-02) (aged 87) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Known for | Zener double-exchange mechanism Zener diode Zener effect Zener pinning Zener model Zener ratio Zener–Hollomon parameter Landau–Zener formula Thermoelastic damping |
Awards | John Price Wetherill Medal (1959) Bingham Medal (1957) |
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Doctoral advisor | Edwin Kemble |
Doctoral students | John B. Goodenough |
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