Urey Harold Clayton
U·rey
(yo͝or′ē), Harold Clayton 1893-1981. American chemist. He won a 1934 Nobel Prize for his discovery of heavy hydrogen.
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U·rey
(yo͝or′ē), Harold Clayton 1893-1981. American chemist who discovered deuterium (1932). He also developed theories on the formation of the planets and on the synthesis of elements in the Earth's primitive atmosphere.
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