Margaret D. Foster

Margaret Dorothy Foster (March 4, 1895 – November 5, 1970) was an American chemist. She worked for the United States Geological Survey, and was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project. She wrote dozens of research papers on the chemistry of the natural world and assaying methods.

Life

Margaret ("Dot") Foster was born in

In 1942, she transferred to the Chemistry and Physics Section of the USGS, where she worked under Roger C. Wells.[2] In this capacity, she worked on the Manhattan Project, developing two new techniques of quantitative analysis, one for uranium and one for thorium,^[4] as well as two new ways to separate the two elements.^[3] Upon her return to the Geological Survey after the war, she researched the chemistry of clay minerals and micas.^[3] She retired in March 1965.^[1] Over the course of her career, she authored dozens of scientific papers, alone or with others.^[1]

She died at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland.^[1]

Publications

• Foster, Margaret D. (1938). "The chemist at work. IX. The chemist in the water resources laboratory".
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References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Fahey, Joseph J. (March–April 1971). "Memorial of Margaret D. Foster" (PDF). The American Mineralogist. 56: 686–690. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Goedecke, Catharina, "50th Anniversary: Death of Margaret D. Foster" ChemistryViews, 2020.11.05.
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4. ^ Foster, Margaret (1 January 1919). "Margaret D. Foster (1895-1970)".

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