biography
| name: |
Acheson, Edward (Goodrich)
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pronunciation:
[acheson]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1856–1931)
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| biography:
| Chemist, metallurgist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. With little formal schooling, he invented a rock-boring machine for coal mines and by 1880 was working in Thomas Edison's laboratory. In the late 1880s he helped install electrical plants in Europe. Back in America, he discovered silicon carbide (carborundum), an extremely useful abrasive, and among his inventions was electrical wire insulation. In 1896 he devised a new way of making lubricants based on colloidal graphite. He also pioneered the development of products in the electrothermal process, such as an electric furnace and artificial graphite, and founded several companies for their production. |
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