Ambrose Monell and INCO Sudbury ore

Monell developed the 70/30 nickel-copper alloy whose composition directly mirrored the Sudbury, Canada ore body. Alloy spelled M-O-N-E-L because trademark law barred trademarking a living person's name (M-O-N-E-L-L). Tom adjacent-cites Elwood Haynes (Haynes Stellite founder).

[Tom shows image.] Here is Ambrose Monell. He was basically the person who founded INCO. His name is spelled M-O-N-E-L-L; the alloy is M-O-N-E-L. That's because the trademark office said you couldn't trademark the name of a living person. He developed the 70-30 copper-nickel alloy — Monel, named after him. The other guy who's famous in the nickel business is Elwood Haynes, who founded Haynes Stellite. Monell was a British subject in Canada, and there was a particular mine in Sudbury, Canada that had seventy percent nickel and thirty percent copper in the ore. It is no coincidence that Monell discovered an alloy that came directly from the concentrations they had in the Sudbury mine. It had excellent corrosion resistance.