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

• Main Author: S. Travis, Anthony (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; History.; Inorganic chemistry.; Chemical engineering.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; History of Science.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Popular Science in Chemistry and Materials.

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...

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.