Hall-Héroult recognized in 1888 that the purification process was quite potentially, profitable. In 1866 two scientists from the United states and France joined together to develop what became known as the Hall-Héroult method, the method separated aluminium from oxygen by applying a strong electrical current. Once it was slightly modified again they where able to create aluminium bars which where first displayed in 1855 at the Paris Exposition.
In 1854 Henri Sainte-Claire Deville, a brilliant minded French scientist, refined Wohler's method enough to create aluminum lumps as large as marbles improving the output of aluminium ten fold, Deville's process provided a way to produce larger amounts of aluminium. Twenty years later in 1845, a German physicist named Friedrich Wohler was able to split apart enough aluminium from its source to create larger particles of aluminium however Friedrich Wohler's Aluminium particles were still only the size of pinheads.
In 1825, a Danish chemist by the name Hans Christian Orsted successfully split aluminium from its source. Although his attempts failed, Sir Humphry confirmed that alumina had a metallic base, which he then called " alumium." Sir Humphry later changed the name to " aluminum," although many Scientists in their respected countries spell the term " aluminium," but most Americans use Sir Humphry's revised spelling "aluminum." In the early 1700's, scientists had suspected that a compound contained metal and in 1807 an English chemist named Sir Humphry Davy attempted to isolate the metal from the compounds. Also known as " alumina" aluminum compounds were used to prepare medicines in Ancient Egypt and to set dyes for clothes during the dark/middle ages. This article explains the history of Aluminium foil from the first discovery of aluminium to the creation of aluminium foil and its mass production of today.Īluminum is the most recently discovered metal that industries use in large amounts.