Hamilton Castner

Hamilton Young Castner
Born(1858-09-11)September 11, 1858
Brooklyn, New York
DiedOctober 11, 1899(1899-10-11) (aged 41)
Saranac Lake, New York
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materBrooklyn Polytechnic Institute (Now New York University College of engineering)
Columbia School of Mines (Later the Columbia University College of Engineering)
Known forinvention of methods to produce sodium metal and sodium hydroxide from soda ash and salt respectively
AwardsJohn Scott Medal (1889)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1897)
Scientific career
FieldsChemist

Hamilton Young Castner (September 11, 1858 – October 11, 1899) was an American industrial chemist.

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