Acheson, Edward Goodrich

Acheson, Edward Goodrich
(9 mar. 1856, Washington, Pa., EE.UU.–6 jul. 1931, Nueva York, N.Y.).

Inventor estadounidense. Contribuyó a desarrollar la lámpara incandescente y en 1881 instaló las primeras luces eléctricas para Thomas Alva Edison en Italia, Bélgica y Francia. Al tratar de producir diamantes artificiales, creó en su lugar el material abrasivo sumamente efectivo, llamado Carborundo. Más tarde descubrió que el silicio se vaporiza a partir del Carborundo a 4.150 °C (7.500 °F), dejando carbono grafítico, y patentó su proceso de fabricación de grafito en 1896.

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