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Sir
Humphry Davy
1778—1829
English chemist
Professor at Royal Institution
of Great Britain
Member and president
of Royal Society
Became famous
for experiments with gases
including nitrous oxide
(laughing gas)
Used Alessandro Volta’s
electric battery
to separate salts
by process now known
as electrolysis
Separated potassium, sodium
calcium, strontium,
barium, magnesium
Demonstrated that chlorine
is an element
Pioneer in field of
electrochemistry
or energies involved in
separating these salts
Knighted in 1812
Invented the Davy lamp
used by miners
Mounted chunks of iron
to copper-clad hull of ship
interaction of metals
cathodic protection
Lab assistant
Michael Faraday
built on Davy’s work
Eventually became more famous
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