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Kathryn R. Williams

Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200

J. Chem. Educ., 2002, 79 (5), p 540

DOI: 10.1021/ed079p540

Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2002

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History, Education, and Documentation

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In 1941, JCE published a series of five articles by M. F. Crass, Jr. on the development of the match industry, a saga which included major chemical discoveries, a ghastly industrial disease from toxic white phosphorus, and efforts to find and implement alternatives to white phosphorus in match formulations.

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