Émile Henriot

:"not to be confused with Émile Henriot (1889 - 1961), French writer"

Émile Henriot (july 2 1885 - february 1 1961) was a French chemist notable for being the first to show definitely that potassium and rubidium are naturally radioactive.

He investigated methods to generate extremely high angular velocities, and found that suitably placed air-jets can be used to spin tops at very high speeds - this technique was later used to construct ultracentrifuges.

He was a pioneer in the study of the electron microscope. He also studied birefringence and molecular vibrations.

He obtained his DSc in physics in 1912 the Sorbonne, Paris, under Marie Curie.

References

* cite journal
author= L. Marton
title = Obituaries: Prof. E. Henriot
journal = Nature
year = 1961
volume = 190
issue =
pages = 861
doi = 10.1038/190861a0
* "Biographie Nationale publiée par L’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique", Établissements Émile Bruylant: 1866-1986, vol. 12 (suppl.), col 421-423.
* "Acad. Roy. Belg. Ann.", 1964, 130, pp. 47-59.
* "Acad. Roy. Sci. Bull. Cl. Sci.", 1961, 47, p. 680.
* "Le Radium", 1908, 5, pp. 41-46