At Niels Bohr Institute, what was Urey's focus?
Particle Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Isotope Chemistry
Biophysics
Answer
Isotope chemistry was Urey's primary area of interest at the Niels Bohr Institute. He conducted groundbreaking research on isotopes, particularly the separation and analysis of different isotopes of the same element. Urey's expertise in isotope chemistry played a crucial role in his later discovery of deuterium, the heavy isotope of hydrogen, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934.
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