Charles Ernest Acker
Charles Ernest Acker (born March 19, 1868 in Bourbon , Indiana , † October 18, 1920 in Ossining , New York ) was an American electrical engineer , inventor and entrepreneur .
Life
Acker worked after the bachelor's degree as an electrical engineer at Cornell University from 1888 as an electrical engineer in Chicago. He developed the Acker process (1896) for the production of sodium hydroxide (and chlorine) from fused-salt electrolysis of sodium chloride and built factories for it on the Niagara Falls.
He received over 40 patents. In 1902 he received the Elliott Cresson Medal for the production of concentrated alkali metals and halogen gases.
literature
- Acker, Charles Ernest in: Winfried R. Pötsch, Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists. Harri Deutsch 1989, ISBN 978-3-817-11055-1 , p. 9.
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| SURNAME | Acker, Charles Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American electrical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bourbon , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1920 |
| Place of death | Ossining , New York |