Robert W. Cahn, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Robert W. Cahn

British metallurgist

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1924

Date of Death: 09-Apr-2007

Profession: engineer, metallurgist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Robert Wolfgang Cahn FRS (9 September 1924 – 9 April 2007) was a British metallurgist whose contributions to physical metallurgy centred on the properties of dislocations.
Cahn developed a successful model for the nucleation of recrystallisation, which underpinned research into industrial processes involving high-temperature deformation.
He also contributed substantially to the crystallography of uranium.
In later life he made a great contribution to scientific editing, editing both scientific textbooks such as the comprehensive Physical Metallurgy, co-edited, with Peter Haasen, a standard reference work in the field.