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Dutch physicist (1853–1926)

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch:[ˈɦɛikəˈkaːmərlɪŋˈɔnəs]; 21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) was a Dutch physicist.

After studying in Groningen and Heidelberg, he became professor of experimental physics at the University of Leiden where he taught from 1882 to 1923. In 1904, he established a cryogenics laboratory where he exploited the Hampson–Linde cycle to investigate how materials behave when cooled to nearly absolute zero.

In 1908, he became the first to liquefyhelium, cooling it to near 1.5 Kelvin, at the time the coldest temperature achieved on earth.

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For this research, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1913. Using liquid helium to investigate the electrical conductivity of solid mercury, he found in 1911 that at 4.2 K its electrical resistance vanishes, thus discovering superconductivity.^[1][2][3]

Early life

Kamerlingh Onnes was born in Groningen, Netherlands.

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