Friedrich Heusler

Friedrich Heusler
Born(1866-02-01)1 February 1866
Died25 October 1947(1947-10-25) (aged 81)
Alma materUniversity of Berlin,
University of Bonn
Scientific career
Fieldsinorganic chemistry, metallurgy
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen,
Isabellenhütte Heusler

Carl Ludwig David Friedrich Heusler (1 February 1866, Dillenburg – 25 October 1947) was a German mining engineer, chemist and metallurgist. He discovered a special group of intermetallic alloys now known as Heusler alloys, which are ferromagnetic though the constituting elements are not ferromagnetic.