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Abdul Qadeer Khan metallurgist or physicist?

Dr. A Q Khan is known to be a metallurgist and was not a physicist by training. So should he be included in the list of Pakistani physicists? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.27.144.252 (talk) 11:51, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is highly recommendable and appropriate for Abdul Qadeer Khan to be listed in this category. Khan did do the research in fields close to physical chemistry and solid-state physics. On his academic site, Khan emerged his academic research in 1980s. I have read his patents, it seems he did applied and integrated the the properties of Steel into Chromium element using the atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). In 1986, he did published his paper through PINSTECH, explaining the vacuum balancing of an ultra-centrifuge rotor. And, in 1992, Khan presented his papers on how commercial-grade uranium can be produced for nuclear power reactors.

I am not an advocate of Khan, but keeping wikipedia as informational and factual, is entire my goal. Here, I am going to provide this link where you will find that Khan did, not thoroughly, but did small amount of research in applied physics. (See here Research and patents). It was because of his papers that Khan was able to secure the fellowship of Pakistan Academy of Sciences whose fellowship is highly restricted. Even his compatible, Munir Ahmad Khan, wasn't able to secure the fellowship. And, it was his papers and his open promotion that mounted him to become as Pakistan's top scientist even though he was part of only one small-scale project not entire program. It was Munir Ahmad Khan who, after Bhutto's death, ran and led the development of nuclear weapons program.

— Preceding Signed comment added by Iron11 (talk) 10:48, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]