Fritz Strassmann worked with Otto Hahn on chemical identification of the products formed when neutrons irradiate uranium. In December 1938 their separation and analytical methods identified radioactive barium products. This chemical evidence was a crucial step toward the explanation of nuclear fission by Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch.[ref]
https://www.mpic.de/4469988/die-entdeckung-der-kernspaltung. Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Station 2: irradiation, chemical separation and radioactive barium
A chemist.[ref]
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/Preprints/P203.PDF. Independent biography: identity and specialization; printed p. 1, opening paragraph, and life dates
Portrait of Fritz Strassmann
. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-70378. Source. Articles by others on the same topic
Fritz Strassmann was a German physicist who is best known for his work in nuclear chemistry and for his role in the discovery of nuclear fission. He was born on February 22, 1902, and passed away on April 22, 1980.