Energy by Richard Rhodes

Author:Richard Rhodes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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I. “Cracking” simply means breaking down, as in cracking a nut.

II. To be specific, it was organized according to the elements’ electronegativity or electropositivity: the degree to which they tend to gain or lose electrons in chemical reactions.

III. That is, the DTs, more familiar as symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.

IV. Such were Midgley’s gifts for discovery and his long-term ill luck that he went on to develop the low-toxicity, low-flammability chlorofluorocarbons that replaced toxic ammonia or sulfur dioxide in refrigeration but were ultimately shown to damage the ozone layer of the atmosphere that protects humans and other living organisms from the destructive effects of solar radiation. Those, too, were eventually phased out.

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