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Creative Chemistry

by Edwin E. Slosson

Slosson reviews the transformation of alchemistry from an obscure and imprecise practice to the science of chemistry. Along the way, he explains how the modern industrial world now relies on fertilizers, explosives, textile materials, polymers and metals. By exploring the properties of a once undervalued element, the high strength of vanadium steel made the Ford car possible. Another element, cerium, appears in butane lighters and was once seen as a threat to the match industry in France.

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English

Original Language

English

Published In

1919

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Edwin E. Slosson

United States

Edwin Emery Slosson was an American magazine editor, author, journalist and chemist. He was the first head of Science Service, and a notable popularizer of science. Edwin Emery Slosson was born in Al...

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