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We called it mag-nificent : Dow Chemical and magnesium, 1916-1998 / E.N. Brandt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brandt, E. N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magnesium industry and trade--United States.
- Magnesium industry and trade.
- Dow Chemical Company--History.
- Dow Chemical Company.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (171 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During World War I, in 1916, Herbert Dow, founder of The Dow Chemical Company, received news of "star shells," weapons that glowed eerily as they descended over the trenches of the enemy, making them easier to attack. The critical component in these flares was magnesium, a metal that was suddenly in great demand. Dow, along with a half-dozen other U.S. firms, swiftly began manufacturing magnesium, but by 1927 Dow was the only U.S. company still in the business. Dow's key innovation was a method of extracting the metal from seawater, an engineering accomplishment finally achieved at Freeport,
- Contents:
- Star shells
- Dowmetal pistons and the Indy 500
- Willard and the gondolas
- Dow goes down to the sea
- How to make magnesium out of seawater
- Faced government
- The Hanawalt era
- The hazards of coastal Texas
- Hot stuff
- Mag mountain
- The nineteen seventies
- Havoc in the market place
- A non-event.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60917-363-5
- OCLC:
- 836207135
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