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Smoke Screens and Gas Masks: Chemistry Goes to War
Contributor(s): Ripley, Tim (Author)
ISBN: 1512439258     ISBN-13: 9781512439250
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
OUR PRICE:   $30.39  
Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats
Published: August 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Chemistry
Dewey: 355.07
LCCN: 2016055032
Lexile Measure: 850
Series: Stem on the Battlefield
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.1" W x 9.1" (0.55 lbs) 48 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 192166
Reading Level: 5.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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In the 1960s during the Vietnam War, US forces used a chemical substance called napalm to burn away the jungle in search of enemy soldiers. But when napalm came in contact with human skin, it caused horrific injuries. Its use in war became highly controversial.

Chemistry has long been at the heart of warfare. The invention of gunpowder ninth-century China led to the development of guns, grenades, and other explosives. In World War I chemists created deadly poison gas--as well as gas masks to protect soldiers from enemy gas. From Greek fire to bulletproof vests, learn how chemistry has changed how wars are fought.