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Willem Hendrik Keesom

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Gender Male
Death67 years ago
Date of birth June 21,1876
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Texel
Netherlands
Date of died March 24,1956
DiedLeiden
Netherlands
Field Physics
Academic advisor Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Job Physicist
BooksHelium: With 258 Illustrations
A Supplement to Helium.
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Willem Hendrik Keesom Life story


Willem Hendrik Keesom was a Dutch physicist who, in 1926, invented a method to freeze liquid helium. He also developed the first mathematical description of dipole–dipole interactions in 1921. Thus, dipole–dipole interactions are also known as Keesom interactions.

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