Per F Dahl

Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for Nuclear Energy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 sa

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000948363
• Artikelnr.: 68030799

Autorenporträt

Dahl\, Per F

Inhaltsangabe

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.