radiochemistn.
/ˌreɪdɪəʊˈkɛmɪst/, U.S. /ˌreɪdioʊˈkɛməst/ Science.
An expert in radiochemistry.
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proto-chemist1650
zymologist1828
physico-chemist1866
molecularist1869
food chemist1885
thermochemist1890
photochemist1894
physical chemist1896
zymotechnologist1896
radiochemist1917
immunochemist1930
stereochemist1937
polymer chemist1948
radiation chemist1951
kineticist1960
stereologist1963
1917 Sci. Monthly Nov. 459 The radiochemist had not then fully appreciated the power of radioactive analysis in detecting a very slight change in the proportions of two elements.
1953 E. Simon Past Masters iii. 141 A radio~chemist [should] be called in to carry out tests on the stone fabric of this and the other huts in order to determine age.
1996 Cultural Critique No. 35. 11 Two radiochemists at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut in Berlin, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, published their finding that uranium nuclei ‘burst asunder under neutron bombardment’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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