Louis George Morin (18 February 1922 – 3 May 2003) was an American

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and

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Biography

Morin was born in Saint-Paul-de-Montminy,

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

and immigrated to the

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as a child. He began experimenting with the use of crystals in

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while serving in the

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during the

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and later operated several commercial electroplating facilities in

Westchester County, New York Westchester County is a County (United States), county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, bordering the Long Island Sound and the Byram River to its east and the Hudson River on its west. The c ...

. In 1969, Morin produced the gold-plated mesh used on the

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’s erectable

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antenna. He held numerous patents in the field of

electrochemistry Electrochemistry is the branch of physical chemistry concerned with the relationship between Electric potential, electrical potential difference and identifiable chemical change. These reactions involve Electron, electrons moving via an electronic ...

and developed a number of original methods for the

electroplating Electroplating, also known as electrochemical deposition or electrodeposition, is a process for producing a metal coating on a solid substrate through the redox, reduction of cations of that metal by means of a direct current, direct electric cur ...

of non-metallic filaments. In 1980, Morin used the latter methods to produce the

dielectric composite In electromagnetism, a dielectric (or dielectric medium) is an electrical insulator that can be polarised by an applied electric field. When a dielectric material is placed in an electric field, electric charges do not flow through the materia ...

in the

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airframe of the

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. Morin lived in

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and spent the later years of his life working in experimental

crystallography Crystallography is the branch of science devoted to the study of molecular and crystalline structure and properties. The word ''crystallography'' is derived from the Ancient Greek word (; "clear ice, rock-crystal"), and (; "to write"). In J ...

. He also recorded a series of audio lectures that were widely disseminated throughout the metal finishing industry. He died of

heart failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to Cardiac cycle, fill with and pump blood. Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF ...

in the

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External links

Finishing.com Podcasts
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morin, Louis George 20th-century American chemists 1922 births 2003 deaths United States Army personnel of World War II