Sunday, January 31, 2021

Betty Harris (scientist)

Betty Harris by Jasmine Futch

 

Betty Wright Harris  

July 29, 1940

 

 Betty is an American chemist. She is known for her work on the chemistry of explosives completed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 

 She patented a spot test for detecting 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) in the field, which is used by the Federal Department of Homeland Security to screen for nitroaromatic explosives.[1][2]

 

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