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The Synthetic Nitrogen Industry in World War I Its Emergence and Expansion /

This concise brief describes how the demands of World War I, often referred to as the Chemists' War, led to the rapid emergence of a new key industry based on fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. Then, as now, nitrogen products, including nitric acid, and nitrates, were essential for both fertiliz...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: S. Travis, Anthony (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:History of Chemistry
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Electric Arcs, Cyanamide, Carl Bosch, and Fritz Haber
  • The Great War
  • Concentrated Nitric Acid and Expansion of the Nitrogen Industry in Germany, France and Britain
  • Nobel Prizes and New Technologies
  • Conclusion: A Legacy of Synthetic Nitrogen.