Raimond Bernard René Castaing | |
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| Born | December 28, 1921 |
| Died | April 10, 1998 (aged 76) |
| Education | École normale supérieure University of Paris |
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| Institutions | University of Toulouse University of Paris Paris-Sud University |
| Thesis | Application of electron probes to local chemical and crystallographic analysis (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | André Guinier |
Raimond Bernard René Castaing (December 28, 1921 – April 10, 1998), also spelt as Raymond Castaing, was a French solid state physicist and inventor of various materials characterization methods.[1] He was the founder of the French school of microanalysis and is referred to as the father of microanalysis.[2][3]
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