The Amateur Scientist.

Walker, Jearl

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ERIC Number: EJ340553

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

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The Amateur Scientist.

Walker, Jearl

Scientific American, v255 n2 p116-19 Aug 1986

Relates how Charles Martin Hall discovered the method of making pure aluminum metal in 1886. Retraces the events and steps that led to the process of aluminum purification. Includes diagrams of the apparatus used in the investigations. (ML)

Descriptors: Inventions, Metals, Physical Sciences, Problem Solving, Productive Thinking, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science History, Scientific Methodology, Scientific Research, Scientists

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - General

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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