Author: Earl K. HydePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heavy elements
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Nuclear Properties of the Heavy Elements: Fission phenomena
Author: Earl K. HydePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heavy elements
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Bibliographies of Atomic Energy Literature
Author: Nuclear Science Abstracts
Author: The Britannica Guide to The Atom
Author: Erik Gregersen Associate Editor, Astronomy and Space ExplorationPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1615303197
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Discusses the structure of the atom and reveals the ways the parts facilitate both radioactivity and nuclear reactions.
Bibliographies of Interest to the Atomic Energy Program, 1962 Through 1966
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Energy Update
Author: R. David WeberPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for Nuclear Energy
Author: Per F DahlPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000948366
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Heavy water (deuterium oxide) played a sinister role in the race for nuclear energy during the World War II. It was a key factor in Germany's bid to harness atomic energy primarily as a source of electric power; its acute shortage was a factor in Japan's decision not to pursue seriously nuclear weaponry; its very existence was a nagging thorn in the side of the Allied powers. Books and films have dwelt on the Allies' efforts to deny the Germans heavy water by military means; however, a history of heavy water has yet to be written. Filling this gap, Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for Nuclear Energy concentrates on the circumstances whereby Norway became the preeminent producer of heavy water and on the scientific role the rare isotope of hydrogen played in the wartime efforts by the Axis and Allied powers alike. Instead of a purely technical treatise on heavy water, the book describes the social history of the subject. The book covers the discovery and early uses of deuterium before World War II and its large-scale production by Norsk Hydro in Norway, especially under German control. It also discusses the French-German race for the Norwegian heavy-water stocks in 1940 and heavy water's importance for the subsequent German uranium project, including the Allied sabotage and bombing of the Norwegian plants, as well as its lesser role in Allied projects, especially in the United States and Canada. The book concludes with an overall assessment of the importance and the perceived importance of heavy water for the German program, which alone staked everything on heavy water in its quest for a nuclear chain reaction.
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Author: Bibliographies of Interest to the Atomic Energy Program
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
List of Accessions to the Library
Author: Science Museum (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description