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This manual prepares HVAC-R technicians with the knowledge needed to respond professionally to current and future environmental challenges. It begins with discussion of HVAC fundamentals and core topics, such as: refrigerant chemistry, oils, ozone depletion, global warming, and the Montreal protocol. Subsequent sections, each conveniently organized around a specific certification type, allow readers to delve into specific technical information, regulations, and procedures pertaining to small appliances; recovery, recycling, and reclaim; and chillers. Relevant forms, logs, and reports, plus a comprehensive glossary, are also included in handy appendices. In a field where technology change is the norm, and regulations are increasingly requiring HVAC-R technicians to adopt new procedures in order to contend with environmental problems, this manual serves as both an effective test preparation guide and an indispensable professional field reference. ... Read more

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The Guide to Protein Purification is a self-contained volume covering all the important procedures for purifying proteins, as well as other more specialized techniques. However, to stay within the confines of a single volume, some details are dealt with by reference to other works, but these have been kept to a minimum. It is hoped that this volume will satisfy the needs of both the novice in protein purification and the more experienced researcher.

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* Contains procedures newly written for this volume
* Provides extensive practical information
* Clearly describes rationale and strategies for protein and enzyme purification
* Offers personal perspectives on enzyme purification by eminent researchers ... Read more

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a vade mecum for the protein biochemist!
I perform so much protein purification and yet i still find this book to be a helpful reference for pointing me in new directions in the lab. although some of the sections are not terribly useful, they describe each major type of chromatography in a reasonable way and also discuss what to do with your protein once it is purified (e.g. mass spec, library screening); again in a way that is understandable!

A must book for biochemist that intend to purify proteins
This is a must book for biochemist and people that intend to become one. It gives a vast background on most biochemical methods used for the purification of proteins, including the history behind the methods. Not to mention the availability of comments on most topics, that help in understading the limits of the various procedures. ... Read more

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Two of a three volume series. Fully revised, providing a general overview of the topic including recent advances in the industry.
* Explanations of the resins used for surface coatings
* Examples of coating formulations using different resins
* Suitable for graduates and an essential aid for "bench chemists" ... Read more

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This book describes the physical and chemical effects of radiation interaction with matter. Beginning with the physical basis for the absorption of charged particle radiations, Fundamentals of Radiation Chemistry provides a systematic account of the formation of products, including the nature and properties of intermediate species. Developed from first principles, the coverage of fundamentals and applications will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience of radiation physicists and radiation biologists. Only an undergraduate background in chemistry and physics is assumed as a prerequisite for the understanding of applications in research and industry.

Key Features
* Provides a working knowledge of radiation effects for students and non-experts
* Stresses the role of the electron both as a radiation and as a reactant species
* Contains clear diagrams of track models
* Includes a chapter on applications
* Written by an expert with more than thirty years of experience in a premiere research laboratory
* Culled from the author's painstaking research of journals and other publications over several decades ... Read more

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This new sixth edition of Burgers Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery offers several new and unique features. For the first time, an online version of this major reference work will offer updated content from the print edition and easy access. For the first time, all volumes are structured entirely according to content and published simultaneously to provide broad coverage of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery for new or experienced medicinal chemists, biologists, pharmacologists and molecular biologists. This includes a current and global perspective of drug design, and drug development.

With expanded content from 69 chapters to over 100 chapters, this sixth edition of Burgers Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery includes more than 50ew material. An entire section has been dedicated to cancer research. Areas included are those at the foreground of life science including:

• Proteomics
• Genomics
• Bioinformatics
• Combinatorial Chemistry
• High-Throughput Screening
• Blood Substitutes
• Allosteric Effectors as Potential Drugs
• COX Inhibitors
• Statins
• High-Throughput Pharmacology
• and More.

The new sixth edition of Burgers Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery is a Memorial Edition to Professor Alfred Burger who published this major reference work in the first edition as "Medicinal Chemistry" in two volumes in 1951. Dr. Burgers research focused on analgesics, antidepressants and chemotherapeutic agents. He is one of the few academicians to have a drug, designed and synthesized in his laboratories and brought to market. Dr. Burgers contribution to the fields of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery are well renowned and documented. He received the Louis Pasteur Medal of the Pasteur Institute and the American Chemical Society Smissman Award. ... Read more

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Surface Analysis of Paper examines surface analysis techniques from a paper industry perspective and places heavy emphasis on applications. Modern techniques, including ion mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, and optical profilometry are reviewed in a straightforward manner. This new book provides details on widely used methods and instruments, and discusses how they can be used to attain, for example, contour maps of the microscopic constituents on paper surfaces and accurate analyses of the physical properties of paper.Organized into three sections, Surface Analysis of Paper provides thorough coverage of the physical characteristics of paper, and a clear picture of new and emerging analytical methods. Carefully chosen background material on fundamental concepts is included wherever such material assists in understanding the uses of analysis methods. Each chapter contains:oAn introductionoA description of the techniqueoA discussion of the type of information that can be obtained with the particular techniqueoPractical examples to demonstrate the advantages of the technique ... Read more

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Nowadays, the chemical industry is under increased pressure to develop cleaner production processes and technologies. Much effort is devoted to the development of heterogeneous catalysts and their application in industrial-scale organic synthesis. This handbook concentrates on current attempts, focusing on fine chemical production.
With contributions from an impressive array of international experts, this is essential reading for everyone interested in the advances in this field.
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Many chemical substances or compounds - organic or inorganic, natural or synthetic - are not used in their pure form. In order for the active ingredient to be most effective or to obtain the ideal delivery form for the market, the actual synthesis and purification steps are followed by formulation to give end products that range from powders, agglomerates, and granules to suspensions, emulsions, microemulsions, microcapsules, instant preparations, liposomes, and tablets.

Formulation combines colloid and surface chemistry with chemical process engineering; sometimes it consists of a simple mixing operation, sometimes it requires an entire series of rather complicated engineering procedures such as comminution, dispersion, emulsification, agglomeration or drying.

This book covers basic physico-chemical theory as well as its applications in the chemical industry for the production of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, pigments and dyes, food, detergents, cosmetics and many other products; it also provides chemists and chemical engineers with the necessary practical tools for the understanding of the structure/ activity relationship. ... Read more

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An admirable but overall weak effort
Considering the lack of texts in this important area, it is difficult to compare this monograph to anything else. The authors do an admirable job of covering a wide range of topics in everything from colloids to rheology to solid forms. However, the flow of the text is poor, and there are numerous mistakes. The greatest problem with this book is the translation--it is clear that much was lost in going from the original German to English. In a few cases, the original German words were left in the text. With so few other books covering this topic, I would cautiously recommend this book. Hopefully the next version will improve on the translation, and cover some new territory (such as the application of Design of Experiment methods to formulation). ... Read more

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Ionic Liquids III will complete the trilogy of Symposium Series books Ionic Liquids: Industrial Applications for Green Chemistry, SS 818 and Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects, SS 856 edited by Robin Rogers and Ken Seddon. Ionic Liquids III will include the latest advances in the field of ionic liquids (IL). ... Read more

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The lock-and-key principle formulated by Emil Fischer as early as the end of the 19th century has still not lost any of its significance for the life sciences. The basic aspects of ligand-protein interaction may be summarized under the term 'molecular recognition' and concern the specificity as well as stability of ligand binding.
Molecular recognition is thus a central topic in the development of active substances, since stability and specificity determine whether a substance can be used as a drug. Nowadays, computer-aided prediction and intelligent molecular design make a large contribution to the constant search for, e. g., improved enzyme inhibitors, and new concepts such as that of pharmacophores are being developed.
An up-to-date presentation of an eternally young topic, this book is an indispensable information source for chemists, biochemists and pharmacologists dealing with the binding of ligands to proteins.
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Great book
This is a nice book, not so long, compact! with all the references needed for who is doing protein-structure based drug design!
Luca http://www.abo.fi/~lsettimo ... Read more

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Combustion technology has traditionally been dominated by air/fuel combustion. However, two developments have increased the significance of oxygen-enhanced combustion - new technology producing oxygen less expensively and the increased importance of environmental regulations. Advantages of oxygen-enhanced combustion include numerous environmental benefits as well as increased energy efficiency and productivity.The text compiles information about using oxygen to enhance high temperature industrial heating and melting processes - serving as a unique resource for specialists implementing the use of oxygen in combustion systems; combustion equipment and industrial gas suppliers; researchers; funding agencies for advanced combustion technologies; and agencies developing regulations for safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly combustion systems.Oxygen-Enhanced Combustion:oExamines the fundamentals of using oxygen in combustion, pollutant emissions, oxygen production, and heat transferoDescribes ferrous and nonferrous metals, glass, and incinerationoDiscusses equipment, safety, design, and fuelsoAssesses recent trends including stricter environmental regulations, lower-cost methods of producing oxygen, improved burner designs, and increasing fuel costsEmphasizing applications and basic principles, this book will act as the primary resource for mechanical, chemical, aerospace, and environmental engineers and scientists; physical chemists; fuel technologists; fluid dynamists; and combustion design engineers.Topics include:oGeneral benefitsoEconomicsoPotential problemsoPollutant emissionsoOxygen productionoAdsorptionoAir separationoHeat transferoFerrous metalsoMelting and refining processesoNonferrous metalsoMineralsoGlass furnacesoIncinerationoSafetyoHandling and storageoEquipment designoFlow controlsoFuels ... Read more

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Molecular descriptors are mathematical values that describe the structure or shape of molecules, helping predict the activity and properties of molecules in complex experiments. This book describes the equations known as QSAR (quantitative structure-activity relationships) and QSPR (quantitative structure-property relationships), showing how they can be used productively in a wide range of industries. ... Read more

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The 3rd edition of The Science and Technology of Rubber provides a broad survey of elastomers with special emphasis on materials with a rubber-like elasticity. As in the 2nd edition, the emphasis remains on a unified treatment of the material; exploring topics from the chemical aspects such as elastomer synthesis and curing, through recent theoretical developments and characterization of equilibrium and dynamic properties, to the final applications of rubber, including tire engineering and manufacturing.

Many advances have been made in polymer and elastomers research over the past ten years since the 2nd edition was published. Updated material stresses the continuous relationship between the ongoing research in synthesis, physics, structure and mechanics of rubber technology and industrial applications. Special attention is paid to recent advances in rubber-like elasticity theory and new processing techniques for elastomers. This new edition is comprised of 20% new material, including a new chapter on environmental issues and tire recycling.

· Explores new applications of rubber within the tire industry, from new filler materials to green tires (a tire that has yet to undergo curing and vulcanization).
· 30% of the material has been revised from the previous edition with the addition of 20% new material, including a chapter on the environment.
· A mixture of theory, experiments, and practical procedures will offer value to students, practitioners, and research and development departments in industry. ... Read more

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If you enjoy tasting new food, experiencing fresh sights and sounds and exotic smells, and making voyages of discovery into the world around you, you will enjoy the Fifth Edition of Chemistry in the Marketplace. This invaluable reference book is a consumer's guide to a healthy planet. It explores the hidden world of chemistry that surrounds us in our daily life, in the bedroom (perfumes, deodorants and sunscreens); in the kitchen (nutrition and a whole new lookat cooking!); and in the restaurant (wine, food additives and poisons). It leads you into a part of your garden where a consumer's safety guide is essential--through the chemistry of soils, weeds and pesticides. It explores your car (petrol, batteries and solar energy), the safety of your home (toxicity and flammability), your shopping basket (plastics, glass and metals) and the environment (the ozone layer and greenhouse effect).

The serious science in this traveller's guide is clearly explained in terms we all can understand. It is illustrated with fascinating anecdotes, interesting snippets of information, and experiments which make the topic even clearer. Written in a relaxedconversational style, it is both informative and entertaining, and is an excellent reference source for real-life applications of chemistry.

With over 40 percent new material, this fresh new edition is a must for the bookshelf of any well-informed consumer who seeks to understand the safety and efficiency of everyday products and services. ... Read more

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Absolutely bloody fantastic
5th edition available in the US since Jan 20th. As I am the author, I may be biased. It's Australian; but if you liked Crocodile Dundee, Muriel's Wedding, Piano, you'll love this book. Happy to discuss it with readers. ... Read more

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Many times drugs work fine when tested outside the body, but when they are tested in the body they fail. One of the major reasons a drug fails is that it cannot be absorb by the body in a way to have the effect it was intended to have. Permeability, Solubility, Dissolution, and Charged State of Ionizable Molecules:

• Helps drug discovery professionals to eliminate poorly absorbable molecules early in the drug discovery process, which can save drug companies millions of dollars.
• Extensive tabulations, in appendix format, of properties and structures of about 200 standard drug molecules.

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The cleaning of a work of art often involves removing not only dirt and grime but also unwanted layers of varnish, gilding, and paint from the work's surface. The challenge for conservators lies in finding a cleaning agent that will act on one layer without affecting the layer being preserved and without leaving any harmful residues on the cleaned work. This book, which examines gel cleaning in the treatment of paintings and painted works of art, presents the methodologies, data, and results of a collaborative project of the Getty Conservation Institute and Winterthur Museum. Among the issues covered are the theory and application of gel cleaning systems, the detection of residues left on the surfaces of objects cleaned with these systems, research into solvent-gel and solvent residues, stability of surfactants during natural and artificial aging, and recommendations for formulating gels for specific cleaning tasks. ... Read more

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Viruses are microorganisms that are as varied in type as the plants and animals of the macroscopic world. A particularly virulent virus can infect and kill a human host, which is 10 million times larger. The human immune system is the first line of defense against any infectious organism. However, sometimes this protection proves inadequate to the viral challenge. In this situation humans attempt to provide additional aid in retarding viral reproduction through the use of antiviral drugs until an overwhelmed immune system is able to cope with the infection. This type of self-help is the object of antiviral drug research.

Antiviral Drugs by John Driscoll provides up-to-date information on the classification, history, structure, preclinical development, bioactivity, pharmacology, and effectiveness of the 72 most important antiviral agents. A carefully researched collection of over 400 references places details of definitive recent antiviral research at the reader's fingertips. An appendix contains for each drug an at-a-glance, detailed sketch, which includes chemical structure and molecular formula, identification numbers, synonyms, physical properties, toxicities, and manufacturers. Introductory chapters describe where viruses fit into the world of microorganisms, explore the unique properties of DNA and RNA viruses, and show how new antiviral drugs are discovered and developed into useful medicines. ... Read more

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The use of lubricants is as old as mankind but the scientific analysis of lubrication, friction and wear, as an aspect of tribology is relatively new. Only recently have lubricants begun to be viewed as functional elements in engineering and this group of substances is also receiving increased attention from engineers.
This book provides chemists and engineers with a clear interdisciplinary introduction and orientation to all major lubricant applications, focusing not only on the various products but also on specific application engineering criteria. ... Read more

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Unifying a wide range of materials synthesis techniques, 'Aerosol Processing of Materials' provides a detailed overview of the production of materials by the use of gas phase processes. Aerosol processes are responsible for the production of many of today's most advanced materials, especially in the semiconductor, optical waveguide, and thin film industries. Many of the unique properties of nanophase materials and composites are only possible through the application of acrosol in materials processing. This book describes various types of aerosol processes and the role of aerosols in materials processing. The work presents the advantages and disadvantages of each process in terms of cost, complexity, purity, and materials properties; and compares these factor to alternative methods of powder and film formation. The title provides the theory needed to understand and advance the fundamentals of this rapidly expanding material manufacturing processes. Written by well-respected leaders in the field, the book illuminates the roles of particle size characterization and size distributions; heat, mass, and momentum transfer; particle transport; condensation and evaporation; and coagulation and coalescence. 'Aerosol Processing of Materials' provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive single source of information available on gas-to-particle powder formation; liquid/solid-to-solid powder formation; film formation; reactor design; and particle/film characterization. ... Read more

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Building Your Star Program A step-by-step guide to the Voluntary Protection Programs The demand for information on the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) is rapidly expanding. Set up to promote excellence in safety and health management, this prestigious government program now boasts more than 400 participating worksites, with gains ranging from increased productivity to reduction in workplace injury and insurance costs. Written by a VPP expert and one of the original developers of the program at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), this timely "how-to" book gives safety and health professionals all the information they need to get into the VPP as well as renew their participation for years to come. The author clearly outlines the benefits of the program, offers advice on how to win support for it from both management and labor, and presents a complete set of tools for building a successful star program—one that meets all of the VPP criteria. Special features include:

• Step-by-step instructions to the VPP application and post-approval process
• A comprehensive "VPP Requirements Guide," containing requirements for OSHA and the Department of Energy (DOE) and an appendix detailing state differences
• Quick, in-depth tests for assessing a worksite against the VPP requirements
• Action checklists to help plan for onsite reviews
• Firsthand accounts by successful applicants in participating worksites
• Interviews with individuals who review applications and evaluate worksites