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Making Acid Behave

  • 1939-Aug

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Color print advertisement for Dowell Incorporated, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts two beakers, each holding a piece of iron immersed in raw hydrochloric acid, to illustrate the use of inhibitors to control the effects of acid on metal. The accompanying text details the development of such inhibitors at Dowell Incorporated and their subsequent application in the gas and oil industries. A version of this advertisement appeared in the August 1939 edition of Fortune.

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  • 14 in. H x 12 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 2

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Dow Chemical Company. “Making Acid Behave,” August 1939. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6w924d168.

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