Fernand Marcel Devienne (20 February 1913 – 19 April 2003)) was a French
physicist who developed research on
molecular beams A molecular beam is produced by allowing a gas at higher pressure to expand through a small orifice into a chamber at lower pressure to form a beam of particles (atoms, free radicals, molecules or ions) moving at approximately equal velocities, with ...
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spectrum analysis in rarefied gas environment.
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Life
Devienne was born in Marseille on 20 February 1913.
A Doctor of physics, F. Marcel Devienne was director of a research laboratory (''Laboratoire de physique moléculaire des hautes énergies de Peymeinade'', now closed) near Nice. He also presided yearly symposiums on molecular beam A molecular beam is produced by allowing a gas at higher pressure to expand through a small orifice into a chamber at lower pressure to form a beam of particles (atoms, free radicals, molecules or ions) moving at approximately equal velocities, with ...
s. He was one of the first to study the energy properties of triatomic hydrogen molecules and triatomic deuterium. His researches also sought to recreate interstellar-like conditions to experiment synthesis of biological compounds in such environments. Devienne also conducted extensive fast atom bombardment experiments in mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a ''mass spectrum'', a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. Mass spectrometry is use ...
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Devienne died on 19 April 2003 in Cannes.
Honours
F. M. Devienne was chevalier of the Legion of Honour, member of the New York Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the International Symposiulm on Molecular Beams,French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French Scientific me ...
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Works
*F. M. Devienne (ed.) ''Rarefied Gas Dynamics'', Pergamon Press, 1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
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*F. M. Devienne ''Jets Moléculaires de Hautes Énergies'', 1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
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Resources
F. M. Devienne facts
on WorldCat
F-Marcel Devienne facts
on SciTech
References
French physicists
Scientists from Marseille
1913 births
2003 deaths
Molecular physics
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