Szilard discovered a means of isotope separation known as what?
Kaiser Effect
Szilard–Chalmers effect
Fermi Isolation
Einstein Isotope Separation
Answer
The Szilard–Chalmers effect, named after Leo Szilard and Thomas Alan Chalmers, is a process in which an unstable isotope of an element undergoes radioactive decay while being in contact with a surface, causing the isotope to lose electrons, which in turn attracts electrons from the surface.
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