Mining and Selling Radium and Uranium

Presented here is the story of the mining and sale of uranium and radium ore through biographical vignettes, chemistry, physics, geology, geography, occupational health, medical utilization, environmental safety and industrial history. Included are the people and places involved over the course of o...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Robison, Roger F. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
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505 0 |a Reich Thalers & Pechblende -- Ionizing x-rays -- Radioactive rocks -- European radium sales -- Colorado uranium -- United States radium & uranium sales -- United States radium oncology -- Congo & Arctic uranium sales -- Miner’s plague -- Cold war uranium blunders. 
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