Anson Gardner Betts
Anson Gardner Betts (born April 14, 1876 in Lansingburgh, Troy (New York) , † February 3, 1976 in Northampton (Massachusetts) ) was an American chemist.
Betts graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in 1897 and Columbia University with a master's degree in 1898.
It is known for the Betts method for the electrolytic cleaning of lead and is used for the production of particularly pure lead (e.g. bismuth admixtures). From 1901 he held several patents for it. In 1905 he developed a process for the electrolytic production of zinc.
In 1925 he acquired a manganese mine near Plainfield, Massachusetts , which his son continued.
Fonts
- Lead refining by electrolysis, Wiley 1908
- German translation: Lead refining through electrolysis, Halle: Knapp 1910
literature
- Winfried R. Pötsch (lead), Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989, p. 46
Individual evidence
- ↑ Betts Mangenese Mines, Mindat . The year of death can also be found here (not in Pötsch, Chemikerlexikon).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Betts, Anson Gardner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lansingburgh, Troy (New York) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 1976 |
| Place of death | Northampton, Massachusetts |