The U.S. radium industry: Industrial in-house research and the commercialization of science

Rentetzi, M

dc.contributor.author	Rentetzi, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:29:20Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:29:20Z
dc.date.issued	2008	en
dc.identifier.issn	0026-4695	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/19236
dc.subject	Commercialization of science	en
dc.subject	Industrial in-house research	en
dc.subject	Radioactivity	en
dc.subject	Radium industry	en
dc.subject	Standard Chemical Company	en
dc.subject.classification	Education & Educational Research	en
dc.subject.classification	History & Philosophy Of Science	en
dc.subject.classification	Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary	en
dc.subject.other	FERTILIZER	en
dc.subject.other	HISTORY	en
dc.title	The U.S. radium industry: Industrial in-house research and the commercialization of science	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/s11024-008-9111-1	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11024-008-9111-1	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2008	en
heal.abstract	A fierce debate ensued after the announcement in 1913 in the U.S.A. that all rights and ownership of radium-bearing ores found on public land would be reserved by the government. At stake was the State monopolization of radium that pitted powerful industrialists with radium claims, mainly in the Colorado area, against the Bureau of Mines and prestigious physicians who wished to reserve radium for medical uses. This article describes the strategies of one of the biggest U.S. radium industries that dominated the radium market, created huge customer bases, and legitimized their role within the scientific community. In contrast to the European ""radium situation,"" radium extraction, production, and marketing in the United States was controlled by the industry; and industrial in-house research was clearly separate from that done in academic circles. The production of knowledge was ready-made in the factory and was entangled with commercial orders and advertising patterns. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.	en
heal.publisher	SPRINGER	en
heal.journalName	Minerva	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s11024-008-9111-1	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000261832300003	en
dc.identifier.volume	46	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	437	en
dc.identifier.epage	462	en