Word: co2
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...where alcohol and its by-products are used for solvents, lacquers, fertilizers. Industrial Alcohol works hand-in-hand with Air Reduction, the two companies having recently joined their research departments. Air Reduction controls Pure Carbonic Co. of America in which Alcohol has a 20% interest. Alcohol sells carbon dioxide (CO2) to Air Reduction and Pure Carbonic, which sells carbonic gas to soft drink and dry ice manufacturers. In this field the companies are rivals of Liquid Carbonic Corp. and its ally, Dry Ice Holding Co. In the alcohol field. United States Industrial faces competition from many smaller, scattered concerns...
...CO2 is essential to plants, which "breathe" it. through their leaves. Sunlight working on assimilated CO2 turns it into starch...