Article ID: CBB000932239

The U.S. Radium Industry: Industrial In-house Research and the Commercialization of Science (2008)

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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.

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Description On a controversy over the State monopolization of radium versus the radium claims of powerful industrialists in the early 20th century.


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Authors & Contributors
Chacko, Xan Sarah
Slaughter, Aimee Chantel Esther
Landa, E. R.
Yarrington, Doug
Weldon, Stephen P.
Turchetti, Simone
Concepts
Science and economics
Science and industry
Science and politics
Science and government
Business and commerce
Government sponsored science
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
Places
United States
Europe
Great Britain
Svalbard, Norway
Pacific Northwest (North America)
Manchuria
Institutions
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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