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World War, 1939-1945

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Wallis G. Hines notes and procedures for use in the azide laboratory

 Collection
Accession: 2541
Abstract:

Wallis Gartside Hines (1919-2014) was a chemical engineer employed at the Kankakee Ordnance Works from 1942 to 1943, a war plant of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company located south of Joliet, Illinois. His notes describe the steps to be followed in the manufacture and refining of sodium and lead azide and for the laboratory analysis necessary for quality control.

Dates: 1943