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The Synthetic Nitrogen Industry in World War I: Its Emergence and Expansion
Anthony S. Travis
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paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Num Pages: 172 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PNK; TDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
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 fertilizers and in the manufacture of modern explosives. During the first decade of the twentieth century, this stimulated research into and application of novel processes. This book illustrates how from late 1914 the relations and developments in the first modern military-industrial complex enabled the great capital expenditures and technological advances that accelerated ... Read more
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 fertilizers and in the manufacture of modern explosives. During the first decade of the twentieth century, this stimulated research into and application of novel processes. This book illustrates how from late 1914 the relations and developments in the first modern military-industrial complex enabled the great capital expenditures and technological advances that accelerated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
Number of Pages
163
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319193564
SKU
V9783319193564
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About Anthony S. Travis
Anthony S. Travis, PhD, is deputy director of Sidney M. Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on the history of chemical technology in the 19th and 20th centuries. Currently he is undertaking research into the life of the British chemist Raphael Meldola, a close ... Read more
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