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VANÝSEK, P. NOVÁK, V.
Original Title
Historic and Suppressed Technologies for Energetics
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
English
Original Abstract
The steady advances of academic discoveries and technical inventions lead to a steady progress in simplifying human chores, improving the lot of many and opening new opportunities. Sometimes, however, these advances may have unintended or unrealized negative consequences as well. This is often true for consequences that become obviously only after an extended period of time. This article is taking look at the use of several metals (mercury, lead, cadmium and nickel) in technologies related to applications in energy generation and storage. As the poisonous nature of these elements and their compounds and their impact on environment became more and more apparent, the use of these metals in many technological processes was pushed into background, perhaps for a niche application only, or entirely eliminated. As a result, these metals are downplayed in present curricula and awareness of their historical utility is disappearing. The purpose of this perspective article is to give an overview of some obsolete applications of these metals related to energy storage with the goal to highlight ingenuity of prior generation of engineers and scientists.
Keywords
lead; mercury; cadminum; nickel; banned; history; historical use; legislation
Authors
VANÝSEK, P.; NOVÁK, V.
Released
1. 1. 2020
Publisher
Elesevier
ISBN
2352-152X
Periodical
Journal of Energy Storage
Year of study
27
Number
2
State
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Pages from
1
Pages to
7
Pages count
URL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352152X19310874
BibTex
@article{BUT159121, author="Petr {Vanýsek} and Vítězslav {Novák}", title="Historic and Suppressed Technologies for Energetics", journal="Journal of Energy Storage", year="2020", volume="27", number="2", pages="1--7", doi="10.1016/j.est.2019.101105", issn="2352-152X", url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352152X19310874" }