Clarence Zener

Clarence Zener
Clarence Zener

Clarence Melvin Zener was the American physicist who first (1934) described the property concerning the breakdown of electrical insulators. These findings were later exploited by Bell Labs in the development of the Zener diode, which was duly named after him. Zener was a theoretical physicist with a background in mathematics who conducted research in a wide range of subjects including: superconductivity, metallurgy, ferromagnetism, elasticity, fracture mechanics, diffusion, and geometric programming.

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Male
Date of Birth
December 1st, 1905
Age
118
Birth Place
United States of America, Indiana
Date of Death
July 15th, 1993
Died Aged
87
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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