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  • Making Pollution Prevention Pay

    Ecology with Economy as Policy
    • 1st Edition
    • Donald Huisingh + 1 more
    • English
    Making Pollution Prevention Pay: Ecology with Economy as Policy is a collection of articles that helps in the understanding the concepts and experiences of industries that consider economic growth with environmental quality. The book presents 14 papers on the philosophy, technology, and economics of pollution prevention. The coverage of the text includes topics such as chemical recycling, waste management and reduction, and pollution prevention. The book also details the concept of “pollution prevention pays”; disposal cost reduction; and implication and procedures for waste elimination of hazardous wastes. The text will be of great interest to readers concerned with the various measures taken to preserve environmental health.

  • VLF Radio Engineering

    International Series of Monographs in Electromagnetic Waves
    • 1st Edition
    • Arthur D. Watt
    • A. L. Cullen + 2 more
    • English
    Electromagnetic Waves, Volume 14: VLF Radio Engineering provides a detailed coverage of the fields involved in very low frequency (VLF) radio engineering. This book serves as a guide for applying the information in the solution of practical problems. Comprised of seven chapters, this volume starts with an overview of the communications aspect following the flow of information carrying energy from the transmitting to receiving locations. This text then presents the complete systems that consider the interrelationship of the various factors. Other chapters explain the basic concept of a VLF antenna, which is a vertical electric monopole over a perfectly conducting flat plane. This book discusses as well the radio wave propagation at VLF, which has been studied theoretically and experimentally for many years. The final chapter deals with the primary components of a complete VLF radio system. This book is a valuable resource for radio engineers, scientists, and researchers.

  • Bioengineering

    Proceedings of Eighth Northeast Conference
    • 1st Edition
    • Igor Paul
    • English
    Bioengineering: Proceedings of the Eighth Northeast Conference focuses on the discussion of scientific programs, methodologies, experiments, and contributions to the advancement of bioengineering, such as in the field of medicine. The book is composed of literature of various authors who have worked diligently in the field of bioengineering. The text starts by discussing the conditions, situations, and experiments on how the human bones and other internal organs react if subjected to stress, fatigue, and other factors. The properties, composition, and reactions of these body parts to different conditions are discussed. Experiments on regional tissue blood flow through hydrogen clearance and on minimizing the effect of gas trapping on static pressure-volume curves of excised lungs are also presented. The book also notes the instrumentation and control systems for clinical vestibular and cardiovascular stress testing. A large part of the selection deals with research on different internal body parts when subjected to different conditions. Supporting these discussions are control measures, findings, suggestions, methodologies, numerical representations, and recommendations. The book is valuable to scholars, researchers, and readers who are interested in the field of bioengineering.

  • British Special Quality Valves and Electron Tube Devices Data Annual 1964–65

    • 1st Edition
    • G. W. A. Dummer + 1 more
    • English
    British Special Quality Valves and Electron Tube Devices Data Annual: 1964-65 presents data on various special quality valves. The selection also presents information in different types of special electron tubes and devices. The text discloses information such as heater, capacitance, characteristics, operating conditions, and range values. As for electron tubes and devices, the selection presents the characteristics, cathodes, typical operation, and maximum ratings. The book will be of great use to electronics designers, engineers, and technicians. Electronics hobbyists and end-users will also benefit from the text.

  • The Cell and Environmental Temperature

    Proceedings of the International Symposium on Cytoecology
    • 1st Edition
    • A. S. Troshin
    • English
    International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology Division, Volume 34:The Cell and Environmental Temperature documents the proceedings of the International Symposium on Cytoecology held in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., from May 31 to June 5, 1965. This compilation focuses on the role of cellular reactions in the adaptation of multicellular organisms to environmental temperatures. The topics include the biochemical and physiological aspects of plant frost-resistance; mechanisms of resistance of poikilothermic animals to subfreezing temperatures; and changes in carbohydrate content of plants under heat-hardening. The analysis of seasonal changes in thermostability of frog muscles; effect of temperature on respiration and oxidative phosphorylation of pea seedlings; and metabolic and central nervous acclimation of fish to cold are also covered. This publication is intended for biologists concerned with the cytology, physiology, and ecology of plants and animals.

  • Reproductive Biology and Taxonomy of Vascular Plants

    The Report of the Conference Held by the Botanical Society of the British Isles at Birmingham University in 1965
    • 1st Edition
    • J. G. Hawkes
    • English
    Reproductive Biology and Taxonomy of Vascular Plants is a collection of papers presented at the Conference on Reproductive Biology and Taxonomy of Vascular Plants, held at the Department of Botany, University of Birmingham on April 23-25, 1965. The conference primarily explores the reproductive biology of flowering plants and ferns to arrive at a better understanding of variation patterns and modes of evolution. This book is divided into six chapters and begins with a discussion on the breeding systems, variation and adaptation. The next chapters survey the practical implications of knowledge of breeding systems and other aspects of the reproductive biology of flowering plants, as well as the pollination mechanisms in orchids and the evolution of this family in relation to insect evolution. These chapters include an account of the foraging behavior of honey bees and its importance to the botanist in delineating the behavior of the insects that pollinate the plants. Other chapters deal with the mechanisms of plant dispersal and establishment, the aspects of seed dormancy, and germination and reproductive capacity related to evolutionary processes. The concluding chapters explore the many aspects of apomixis in its wider sense and survey how the variation patterns of apomicts were due to this special mode of reproduction. This book is directed primarily to botanists.

  • Chelating Extractants

    Equilibrium Constant of Liquid–Liquid Distribution Reactions
    • 1st Edition
    • J. Stary + 1 more
    • English
    Equilibrium Constants of Liquid-Liquid Distribution Reactions, Part IV: Chelating Extractants is a compilation of liquid-liquid distribution equilibrium constants, with emphasis on extractants that form chelates. This tabulation includes all data published up to the end of 1972 for the major chelating extractants, and the given equilibrium parameters are supplemented by calculations (or recalculations) from experimental results. This monograph consists of 12 chapters and characterizes the homogeneous equilibria involving the acid dissociation of the extractant in the aqueous phase and adduct or mixed ligand complex formation in the organic phase. The information given for each system includes the chemical reactions, the equilibrium constant, the temperature, and the composition of the aqueous and organic phases. Compounds covered include dialkyldithiocarbami... acids (such as diethyldithiocarbami... acid and dibutyldithioarbamic acid), tropolones (beta-isopropyltropo... and gamma-isopropyltropo... N-acylhydroxylamines... N-nitroso-N-arylhydr... (cupferrons), alpha-dioximes, diarylthiocarbazones (dithizones), 8-hydroxyquinolines, 8-mercaptoquinolines... o-dimercaptobenzenes (toluene-3,4-dithiol... beta-diketones (such as acetylacetone and hexafluoroacetylacet... 4-acylpyrazol-5-ones... and o-nitrosophenols (1-nitroso-2-naphtho... and 2-nitroso-1-naphthol... This book will be of interest to chemists.

  • Rules for the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

    Section E: Stereochemistry (Recommendations 1974)
    • 1st Edition
    • L. C. Cross + 1 more
    • English
    Rules for the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: Section E: Stereochemistry (Recommendations 1974) deals with the main principles of stereochemistry. The rules discussed in this section have two main objects, namely, to prescribe, for basic views, terms that may provide a common language in all aspects of stereochemistry; and to define the ways in which these terms may be incorporated into the names of individual compounds. This book discusses the steric structure of a compound, which is denoted by an affix or affixes to the name that does not prescribe the stereochemistry. This text explains that isomers are termed stereoisomers when they differ only in the arrangement of the atoms in space. This book explains as well that the terms relative stereochemistry and relative configuration are used to describe the positions of substituents on different atoms in a molecule relative to one another. This book is a valuable resource for organic chemists.

  • Radiolytic Yields

    Selected Constants
    • 1st Edition
    • M. Haïssinsky + 1 more
    • English
    Radiolytic Yields presents the results of quantitative research on the chemical effects of ionizing radiation. Radiation yields are expressed in terms of G: a number of molecules, of ions, of radicals, and of bonds. This two-chapter text specifically provides tabulated figured of radiolytic yields of inorganic compounds and aqueous solutions. The second chapter contains radiolytic yields of various organic compounds, including hydrocarbons, inorganic acid's esters, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, amines, sterols, heterocyclic compounds, silicon compounds, chromoproteins, dyes, and high polymers.

  • Advances in Solid–Liquid Flow in Pipes and Its Application

    • 1st Edition
    • Iraj Zandi
    • English
    Advances in Solid-Liquid Flow in Pipes and its Application focuses on solid-liquid interactions. The selection first takes a look at hydraulic transport of bulky materials and role of lift in the radial migration of particles in a pipe flow. Topics include the technological and economical considerations of transporting materials; lift model and the equations of motion; coefficients of lift and drag; and calculated behavior of particles in a pipe flow. The book then discusses particle and fluid velocities of turbulent flows of suspensions of neutrally buoyant particles; phase-separation phenomena in iso-density, two-phase flows; and transient flow of solid-liquid mixtures in pipes. The text discusses pipeline transportation of coke in petroleum products, including slurry components, hydraulic tests, and hydraulic characteristics of slurry. The book then evaluates the use of heavy media in the pipeline transport of particulate solids. Comparison of pressure gradients and equipment and experimental procedures are highlighted. The selection is a valuable reference for readers interested in solid-liquid interactions.

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