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Sir Humphry Davy |
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| British chemist Humphry Davy became known for his pioneering research on the relationship between electrical energy and chemical reactions, a field known as electrochemistry. In the early 1800s he used a method called electrolysis to isolate the elements sodium, potassium, barium, boron, calcium, and magnesium. | ||||||
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| Magnesium; Sodium; Boron; Davy, Sir Humphry | ||||||
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