The Synthetic Nitrogen Industry in World War I [E-Book] : Its Emergence and Expansion / by Anthony S. Travis.
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 a...
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Personal Name(s): | Travis, Anthony S. author |
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2015
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IX, 163 p. 66 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource. |
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englisch |
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9783319193571 |
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10.1007/978-3-319-19357-1 |
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- 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.