Edgar Bain

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Edgar Collins Bain (September 14, 1891 – November 27, 1971) was an American

heat treatment of steel; Bainite is named in his honor.[1]

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.[1] His written works include Functions of the Alloying Elements in Steel, published by ASM International.[2] He died on November 27, 1971, in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania.[3]

He was elected in 1923 a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b James B. Austin (1978). Edgar Collins Bain 1891–1971 (PDF) (Memoir). Biographical Memoirs. Vol. 49. National Academy of Sciences.
  2. ^ "The Alloying Elements in Steel, by Edgar C. Bain". Archived from the original on December 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "Edgar Bain". National Academy of Sciences.
  4. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year=1923 and institution=All)

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