Biography

Stefan Meiring Naudé, South African physicist (De Doorns, Western Cape 31 December 1904 – 27 April 1985)

Discovered the isotope N 15

An isotope of nitrogen, mass 15. Phys. Rev. 34:1498-9, 1929

An isotope of nitrogen, atomic weight 15 (Corrections). Phys. Rev. 35:130-1, 1930   

Developed an electrode holder

With T.J. Hugo & H. Verleger. An electrode holder for operating arcs and sparks in controlled atmospheres. Rev. Scien. Instrum. 22:210, 1951

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

The isotopes of nitrogen, mass 15, and oxygen, mass 18 and 17, and their abundances. Phys. Rev. 36:333-46, 1930

Quantum analysis of the rotational structure of the first positive bands of nitrogen (N2). Proc. Royal Soc. London Ser. A 136(829):114-44, 1932

With E. Newberry. The Electrolytic refining of mercury. Metal. Ind. 43(17):4158, 1933

The absorption spectrum of diatomic antimony (Sb2). Phys. Rev. 45:280, 1939

Rotational analysis of the S2 band spectrum. Nature 155 (3936):426-7, 1945

With D.M. de Waal. Sample electrode vapour contamination of the graphite electrode in the flat surface sparking technique of the spectrochemical analysis. Spectrochim. Acta 3:127-40, 1948

With J.D. Louw. Spurious counts in Geiger counters and the pretreatment of the electrodes. Phys. Rev. 76(4):571-2, 1949

With H. Verleger. Vibration-rotation bands of the hydrogen halides HF, H35Cl, H37Cl, H79Br, H81Br & H127I. Proc. Phys. Soc. London  A 63:470-7, 1950

With H. Verleger & H.L. de Waal. Raman effect of the isomers of benzene hexachloride. Nature 166:475, 1950

With H. Verleger. The Perturbations in the ultraviolet band spectrum of the phosphorus molecule P2. Phys. Rev. 80(3):432-5, 1950

Die störungen im bandenspektrum des Schwefelmolekuls. Europ. Phys. J. 128:173-9, 1950

With T.J. Hugo. Band spectrum of AsH. Nature 170 (4320):289-90, 1952

With T.J. Hugo. The emission spectrum of aluminium monofluoride. Phys. Rev. 90(2):318, 1953  

With T.J. Hugo. The emission spectrum of AIF in the region 1700-2000 A. Can. J. Physics 33:573, 1955

With T.J. Hugo. The emission spectrum of A1F in the vacuum ultraviolet