About Edgar Bain
Lived 1891 – 1971 (aged 80). Edgar Bain was an American engineer, metallurgist and chemist.
Edgar Collins Bain (September 14, 1891 – November 27, 1971) was an American metallurgist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, who worked for the US Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked on the alloying and heat treatment of steel; Bainite is named in his honor.
He was born near LaRue, Ohio to Milton Henry (of Scottish descent) and Alice Anne Collins Bain. He graduated with a B.S. from Ohio State University in 1912. He received his M.S. in 1916 and his Ph.D. in 1919 both from Ohio State. He died on November 27, 1971, in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania.
He was elected in 1923 a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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Who was Edgar Bain?
American metallurgist (1891–1971)
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Edgar Bain was born on 14 September 1891 in Marion.
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Edgar Bain died on 27 November 1971 in Edgeworth.
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Edgar Bain was an engineer, metallurgist and chemist.
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