1. The Rise of Instruments during World War II.
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Mukhopadhyay, Rajendrani
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COMMERCIAL markets , *ECONOMIC history , *LIQUID chromatography , *GAS chromatography , *INFRARED spectroscopy , *WORLD War II , *INFLUENCE , *BUSINESS conditions , *POST-World War II Period ,1918- - Abstract
The article focuses on the advances made in chemistry research and instrumentation during World War II and the post-war era. David Brock of the Chemical Heritage Foundation comments on the market for technology such as gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Davis Baird of the University of South Carolina mentions business conditions that led to development of new companies in the mid-1930s. Companies that developed infrared (IR) spectrometers, which were used in an American synthetic rubber program, include National Technical Laboratories which is referred to Beckman Instruments. The use of IR spectroscopy in the wartime penicillin program and the role NMR instruments in examining nuclear moments after the war are mentioned. INSETS: R. Robert Brattain;Other NTL wartime efforts.
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- 2008
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