Table of Contents
Chapter 9
I Introduction
II The Australian Chemical Industry
i Beginnings 1865-1919
ii Fertilisers
iii Raw materials from gasworks and coke ovens
iv The beginnings of industrial chemical research - in the sugar industry
v Explosives
III Pharmaceuticals
IV Chemists In Other Industries
V The Dawn Of Modern Chemical Industry - High Pressure Synthesis
VI The Growth Of Synthetic Chemicals - Concentration, Rationalisation And International Links
VII Australian Industrial Chemical Research Laboratories
VIII The Plastics Industry
IX The Paint Industry
X Acknowledgements
References
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4 'Kreb's Patent' (misspelt) Lithofracteur and Dynamite pamphlet, 1870s, note advice: 'Hardened explosives may be softened by being kept in the Workmen's pocket ...'
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5 Nobel Explosives Factory site, Deer Park, Victoria; Synthetic Ammonia Factory in foreground, explosives huts in background.
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