Vol 5, No 2 (2021)

Issue Description

Cover image: Polarized light micrograph (magnification 40x) of sulphonal crystal, by William A. Sokol, Culver City, California, USA. Courtesy of Nikon Small World (11th place, 1977 Photomicrography Competition, https://www.nikonsmallworld.com).

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Table of Contents

Editorial

Our Short Talks
Pierandrea Lo Nostro
5 - 6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1383

Feature Articles

Dante Alighieri Science Communicator
Gian Italo Bischi
7 - 17
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1329
Spin Temperature and Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. From the History of Researches (1953 – 1983)
Aleksander Kessenikh
19 - 34
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1224
Can Non-Recyclable Plastic Waste Be Made Environmentally Sustainable?
Luigi Campanella, Pino Suffritti
35 - 39
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1287

Research Articles

Translations of Roscoe's Chemistry Books into Japanese and Hebrew - Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Aspects
Yona Siderer
41 - 54
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1187
First Steps: Synthetic Ammonia in the United States
Anthony Stewart Travis
55 - 77
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1181
The «D.I. Mendeleev’s Periodic System of the Elements» Mural Near the Mendeleev Institute for Metrology in Saint Petersburg: How Metrologists Celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Scientist
Elena Ginak
79 - 84
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1028

Historical Articles

The Revolution in Science in America, 1900-1950
Jack Cohen
85 - 95
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1256
Capillary Electrophoresis and its Basic Principles in Historical Retrospect. Part 2. Electrophoresis of Ions: the Period from its Discovery in 1800 till Faraday’s Lines of Electric Force in the 1840s.
Ernst Kenndler
97 - 120
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1312
Disinfectants: Use of Different Types of Sanitization Techniques in 18th and 19th Centuries Britain and India
Chetan Chetan
121 - 128
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1201
A Brief History of Oil Refining
Rafael Larraz
129 - 152
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1191
Albert Ladenburg (1842-1911) – The Distinguished German Chemist and Historian of Chemistry of the Second Half of the XIX Century (To the 110th Anniversary of His Death)
Aleksander Sztejnberg
153 - 164
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1231

Book Reviews

Review of "Ethics of Chemistry: From Poison Gas to Climate Engineering" by Joachim Schummer & Tom Børsen, eds. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2021
Apostolos K. Gerontas
165 - 168
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/Substantia-1372
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