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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Eberhard Heinrich Sass was born in 1785 as the second son of apothecary Sören Sass and his wife Ingrid (née Pättling). Due to his father's wealth, Sass received an expensive education at the university-adjacent [[Collinebourg School of Excellency]] from the age of six. As a young boy he developed an interest in science while working for his father. Eberhard Sass and his older brother Killian both excelled academically and were accepted into the [[University of Collinebourg]] simultaneously in | Eberhard Heinrich Sass was born in 1785 as the second son of apothecary Sören Sass and his wife Ingrid (née Pättling). Due to his father's wealth, Sass received an expensive education at the university-adjacent [[Collinebourg School of Excellency]] from the age of six. As a young boy he developed an interest in science while working for his father. Eberhard Sass and his older brother Killian both excelled academically and were accepted into the [[University of Collinebourg]] simultaneously in 1803, although Killian was killed in a duel with a fellow student during their first year at the university. Eberhard otherwise excelled during his scholarship, studying physics and chemistry. Graduating with a doctorate in chemistry, Sass soon took up a lectorate at the [[University of Collinebourg]]. | ||
In 1808, [[Bergendii]] [[Eviand d'Estac|Dr. Eviand-Marceaux Rexard d'Estac]] had predicted the existence of the metal which he gave the name of alumium. However his attempts to isolate it using electrolysis processes were unsuccessful; the closest he came was an aluminium-iron alloy. Sass succeeded in isolating the metallic form by reacting aluminium chloride with potassium amalgam (an alloy of potassium and mercury) and then boiling away the mercury, which left small "chunks" of metal that he described as appearing similar to tin. He presented his results and a sample of the metal at meetings of the [[University of Collinebourg]] in early 1826, but otherwise appears to have considered his discovery to be of limited importance. | In 1808, [[Bergendii]] [[Eviand d'Estac|Dr. Eviand-Marceaux Rexard d'Estac]] had predicted the existence of the metal which he gave the name of alumium. However his attempts to isolate it using electrolysis processes were unsuccessful; the closest he came was an aluminium-iron alloy. Sass succeeded in isolating the metallic form by reacting aluminium chloride with potassium amalgam (an alloy of potassium and mercury) and then boiling away the mercury, which left small "chunks" of metal that he described as appearing similar to tin. He presented his results and a sample of the metal at meetings of the [[University of Collinebourg]] in early 1826, but otherwise appears to have considered his discovery to be of limited importance. | ||