Historic and Suppressed Technologies for Energetics

Historic and Suppressed Technologies for Energetics

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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.

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.

lead; mercury; cadminum; nickel; banned; history; historical use; legislation

lead; mercury; cadminum; nickel; banned; history; historical use; legislation

VANÝSEK, P.; NOVÁK, V.

2020

01.01.2020

Elesevier

2352-152X

Journal of Energy Storage

27

2

Nizozemsko

1

7

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352152X19310874

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