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Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for Nuclear Energy by Per F Dahl (1999) IOP
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Topic
- Energy
- Year Printed
- 1999
- ISBN
- 9780750306331
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
CRC Press LLC
ISBN-10
0750306335
ISBN-13
9780750306331
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1164696
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for Nuclear Energy
Subject
Military / World War II, Physics / Nuclear
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
29.7 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-033672
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
546/.22
Table Of Content
Prologue: Fornebu Airport, March 12, 1940. Manchester and Paris, 1919. The neutron. Heavy water. Artificial radioactivity. Nuclear fission. Heavy water revisited. The British initiative. Germany army ordnance takes charge. Heavy water takes center stage. America joins the quest. Action vemork. Neutrons despite bombs. Wavering outlook for heavy water. Canada enters the race. Fears and facts on the continent. Swabian Jura and upper telemark: final events. Hiroshima revealed; further contestants for nuclear energy. Epilogue. Appendices. Abbreviations. Notes. Select bibliography. Name index. Subject index.
Synopsis
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., This 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.
LC Classification Number
QD169.W3D25 1999
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