What led to the discovery or invention of the item?
The invention of aluminum foil was led by the discovery of metallic compound.
In about 1825, a Danish chemist (named Hans Oersted) was the first person to produce tiny amounts of pure aluminum. Later, in 1827, a German chemist (named Friedrich Wohler) invented a new way to extract larger amounts of aluminum and understand some of the basic properties. This was then developed by Henri Etienne Sainte-Clare Deville, a French chemist who invented the first economical process of producing aluminum. Although the prices dropped from this process, it was still too expensive to be able to be supplied globally. Then, in 1886, Charles Martin Hall invented a way in which aluminum could be supplied globally in an in-expensive manner. Around the same time, another inventor, named Paul Heroult, also invented the same method for extracting pure aluminum.
Hall and Heroult's method to extract pure aluminum:
1. - Chemically mine aluminum ore, through the Bayer process, to be able to produce alumina.
2. - Alumina is then turned into pure aluminum by Hall and Heroult's electrolytic process.
In about 1825, a Danish chemist (named Hans Oersted) was the first person to produce tiny amounts of pure aluminum. Later, in 1827, a German chemist (named Friedrich Wohler) invented a new way to extract larger amounts of aluminum and understand some of the basic properties. This was then developed by Henri Etienne Sainte-Clare Deville, a French chemist who invented the first economical process of producing aluminum. Although the prices dropped from this process, it was still too expensive to be able to be supplied globally. Then, in 1886, Charles Martin Hall invented a way in which aluminum could be supplied globally in an in-expensive manner. Around the same time, another inventor, named Paul Heroult, also invented the same method for extracting pure aluminum.
Hall and Heroult's method to extract pure aluminum:
1. - Chemically mine aluminum ore, through the Bayer process, to be able to produce alumina.
2. - Alumina is then turned into pure aluminum by Hall and Heroult's electrolytic process.