Francis Bitter
Physicist, Academic
1902 – 1967
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Who was Francis Bitter?
Francis Bitter was an American physicist.
Bitter invented the Bitter plate used in resistive magnets. He also developed the water cooling method inherent to the design of Bitter magnets. Prior to this development, there was no way to cool electromagnets, limiting their maximum flux density.
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- Born
- Jul 22, 1902
Weehawken - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Employment
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- California Institute of Technology
- Died
- Jul 26, 1967
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on July 23, 2013
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