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 fertilizers a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
| Series: | History of Chemistry
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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