A German chemist and physicist is considered as the ldquo father rdquo of atom bomb He split the ura...........

General Science (Easy) Chemistry

A German chemist and physicist is considered as the “father” of atom bomb. He split the uranium atom in 1938 and thereby discovered the possibility of chain reaction. Who was he ?

R. Schelsinger

H.c. Urey

Otto Hahn

Alfred Nobel

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Explanation:

- Option 1: R. Schelsinger

Not relevant. There isn’t a significant historical figure by this name in the context of the atomic bomb.

- Option 2: H.c. Urey

Harold Clayton Urey was an American chemist who won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of deuterium. He wasn't associated with splitting the uranium atom or the chain reaction discovery.

- Option 3: Otto Hahn

Otto Hahn was a German chemist who is often referred to as the "father of nuclear chemistry." He discovered nuclear fission in 1938 by splitting the uranium atom, which led to the possibility of a chain reaction.

- Option 4: Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist known for inventing dynamite. He established the Nobel Prizes but had no involvement in nuclear physics or the development of the atomic bomb.