How did sir humphrey davy discover aluminium?
ALUMINIUM has very wide and varied field of application ( space, aircraft, vehicle, electric, building, packaging, electronic, kitchen etc..) due to its properties and lightness,it is named the METAL of the CENTURY. In the year 1807 Sir Humphrey Davy attempted to isolate aluminium electrolytically, but was unsuccessful. In the year 1812 a body of aluminium ore was discovered at Les Baux, France. Henceforth, all ores of aluminium, no matter what their composition or where located, are called bauxite. In the year 1825, H.C. Oerstedt succeeded in producing small bits of metallic aluminium. The researchs of F.Wohler (1845), H.S.C. Deville (1854), K.J.Meyer (1888) was issued by a patent of process. The present-day processes was conducted in France by Paul T. Herault, and in America by Charles Martin Hall (1892). The first applications of the aluminium as conductor material in the electrification field are: In the year 1895, stranded aluminium bare conductor for overhead lines in America and
