Carborundum Crystals
notes: label: Description
content: Glass cylinder containing carborundum crystals. These were associated with Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856–1931), an American chemist who developed a successful process for making silicon carbide (carborundum), and later a manufacturer of carborundum and graphite.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Edward G. Acheson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.318505
label: catalog number
content: 318505
label: accession number
content: 108512
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chemical Matieral, Carborundum, Crystal
label: Object Name
content: carborundum, crystal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 3 in; 20.32 cm x 7.62 cm