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Hall will become incredibly rich, and aluminum will become a terribly common metal, so much so that it becomes disposable&#8230; A few years earlier, Hall, at just 23 years old, while studying at Oberlin College, had isolated aluminum by passing an electric current.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio, United States. 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