Frans Michel Penning

Physicist, Academic

1894 – 1953

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Who was Frans Michel Penning?

Frans Michel Penning was a Dutch physicist. The Penning trap, used for storing charged particles, as well as the Penning mixture and Penning effect of gas discharge tubes are named after him. He also invented a type of cold cathode vacuum gauge known as Penning gauge.

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Born
Sep 12, 1894
Gorinchem
Nationality
  • Netherlands
Profession
Lived in
  • Gorinchem
Died
Dec 6, 1953
Utrecht

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on July 23, 2013

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