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A HUNDRED YEARS OF LIQUID OXYGEN.

Author(s) : CARTER P.

Type of article: Article

Summary

HISTORICAL REVIEW PAPER ON THE DISCOVERIES OF THE THERMODYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF GASES: BOYLE'S LAW, ANDREWS' ISOTHERMS OF CARBON DIOXIDE, VAN DER WAALS' LAW. ON APRIL 1883, TWO POLISH SCIENTISTS, WROBLEWSKI AND OBSZEWSKI, PRODUCED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, LIQUID OXYGEN IN MEASURABLE QUANTITY (FEW MILLILITERS OF LIQUID) BY A METHOD DERIVED FROM THAT OF CAILLETET. COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION BEGAN ONLY IN 1895, WITH LINDE AND HAMPTON. TABLES OF THE NORMAL BOILING POINT AND CRITICAL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE OF USUAL GASES AND CHLOROFLUOROCARBON REFRIGERANTS ARE GIVEN. J. V.

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  • Original title: A HUNDRED YEARS OF LIQUID OXYGEN.
  • Record ID : 1984-0453
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Aust. Refrig. Air Cond. Heat. - vol. 37 - n. 5
  • Publication date: 1983/05
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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