Cheng Kaijia, known as Kai Chia Cheng, was a Chinese nuclear engineer and nuclear physicist.
13 Facts About Cheng Kaijia
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Cheng Kaijia was a pioneer and key figure in Chinese nuclear weapon development.
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Cheng Kaijia is known as one of the founding fathers of Two Bombs, One Satellite.
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Cheng Kaijia graduated from the Department of Physics of Zhejiang University in 1941.
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Cheng Kaijia was an associate professor at Zhejiang University, he then went to Nanjing in 1952, where he became an associate professor in Nanjing University, and was later promoted to full professorship.
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Cheng Kaijia was a pioneer of Chinese nuclear technology and played an important role in the development of the first Chinese atomic bomb.
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Cheng Kaijia first calculated out the inner temperature and pressure for an atomic bomb blast in China.
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Cheng Kaijia's calculation was an extremely heavy task and nearly manual, because during that time China did not have any computer or even calculator.
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Cheng Kaijia solved the mechanism of the inner explosion, which could support the design of the bomb.
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Cheng Kaijia was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.
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Cheng Kaijia was a standing member of the Science and Technology Committee, Chinese National Nuclear Industry Corporation.
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Cheng Kaijia was former vice-president of the Nuclear Weapons Research Institute, and the deputy chief director of the Nuclear Weapons Research Institute, People's Republic of China.
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Cheng Kaijia died on 17 November 2018, three months after his 100th birthday.