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Materials scientist
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
11 December 1907
Death:
31 December 1984
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Biography
Pol Duwez (11 December 1907 – 31 December 1984) was a Belgian-born materials scientist. While working at Caltech in 1960, he first introduced metallic glasses made through rapid liquid cooling using a technique known as Splat quenching.