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Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike

Syllabification: (Ka·mer·lingh On·nes, Heike)

Definition of Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike
  • (1853–1926), Dutch physicist. During his studies of cryogenic phenomena, he succeeded in liquefying helium. He also discovered the phenomenon of superconductivity in 1911. Nobel Prize for Physics (1913).

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