LEADER 03247nam 22005895 450 001 9910298587003321 005 20201016011426.0 010 $a3-319-77905-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-77905-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000004243825 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5441138 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-77905-8 035 $a(PPN)227404394 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004243825 100 $a20180512d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCarl Auer von Welsbach: Chemist, Inventor, Entrepreneur /$fby Roland Adunka, Mary Virginia Orna 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (150 pages) 225 1 $aHistory of Chemistry,$x2212-991X 311 $a3-319-77904-4 327 $aFamily Heritage -- Childhood, Early Education, and Beyond -- Discoveries Among the Rare Earths -- Didymium?s Twilight and Two New ?Stars? -- Plus Lucis -- New Perspectives -- Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Patents and Products -- A Life for Research, Family, and Community -- Legacy of Carl Auer von Welsbach -- Milestones in the Life of Carl Auer von Welsbach -- Annotated Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index. 330 $aThis Brief documents the life, discoveries and inventions of the chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach. Particular attention is given to his pioneering work on the rare earth elements, including the discovery of four new elements, which allowed him to develop new materials, to invent new useful devices and to establish major industries. From the invention of the incandescent gas mantle and first electric incandescent lamps with metal filaments to the first mass production of radium from pitchblende residues, readers will learn the story of his notable legacy to the word through the lens of his rare earths knowledge. 410 0$aHistory of Chemistry,$x2212-991X 606 $aChemistry?History 606 $aSpectroscopy 606 $aTechnology?History 606 $aEntrepreneurship 606 $aHistory of Chemistry$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C34000 606 $aSpectroscopy/Spectrometry$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C11020 606 $aHistory of Technology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T29000 606 $aEntrepreneurship$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/514000 615 0$aChemistry?History. 615 0$aSpectroscopy. 615 0$aTechnology?History. 615 0$aEntrepreneurship. 615 14$aHistory of Chemistry. 615 24$aSpectroscopy/Spectrometry. 615 24$aHistory of Technology. 615 24$aEntrepreneurship. 676 $a540.922 700 $aAdunka$b Roland$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0768754 702 $aOrna$b Mary Virginia$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298587003321 996 $aCarl Auer von Welsbach: Chemist, Inventor, Entrepreneur$92511311 997 $aUNINA