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Methods of Surface Analysis of Heterogeneous Catalysts
1st Edition
Volume 57A
English
This two-volume work provides an overview of the most common spectroscopic techniques which have been applied to reveal catalyst structures and surface characteristics in both model catalysts and those of industrial importance. A great amount of work on catalyst characterization using spectroscopic probes has been undertaken from both fundamental and applied perspectives. However, this general information is in urgent need of a critical revision. To undertake this task, a number of experts in the fields of structural and surface characterization of heterogeneous catalysts have contributed to this book. Part A provides an up-to-date review of the theoretical basis and applications of spectroscopic methods to identify catalyst structures (photoelectron spectroscopy, ion scattering, infrared, extended X-ray absorption fine structure, Mössbauer). Part B concentrates on catalyst surfaces. The interaction of adsorbed molecules, mostly on heterogenous catalysts, although some reference to model catalysts is also made, is discussed here. Vibrational (infrared and electron energy loss spectroscopies, magnetic resonances (nuclear and electron spin) and thermal desorption methods have been included in this latter category. The reader will find also a comparison of these well established methods with their recent developments which make them much more attractive. Therefore, researchers working in the catalysis field will find much to interest them in this book.
Ion Chromatography
1st Edition
Volume 46
English
Tribology of Plastic Materials
Their Characteristics and Applications to Sliding Components
1st Edition
Y. Yamaguchi
English
This book presents a thorough overview on workable theories and reliable experimental data on the use of plastic materials for sliding parts.Divided into four parts. Chapters 1 and 2 deal with current theories of friction and wear, and include discussion of various hypotheses based upon experimental studies. Chapter 3 details experiments designed to improve tribological performance via polymer blending and composite production, whilst Chapter 4 explains how the data obtained from these experiemnts can be applied to sliding machine parts. The work will prove useful in the design of plastic materials and components and will also provide a stepping-stone toward future innovations in this field.
Understanding the Brain Through the Hippocampus
1st Edition
Volume 83
English
Modified Nucleosides in Cancer and Normal Metabolism - Methods and Applications
1st Edition
Volume 45C
English
New Developments in Selective Oxidation
1st Edition
Volume 55
G. Centi + 1 more
English
This volume describes state-of-the-art advances in fundamental and applied aspects of partial selective oxidation in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, including electrochemical and photo-oxidation. Comprising 93 papers, this book will provide a valuable set of data on reactions of selective oxidation which will be extremely useful to catalyst and related practitioners, whether fundamentalists or highly applied, and to process engineers who wish to evaluate current findings in this field. The wide-range approach to reactions of selective oxidation will disseminate knowledge in specialized areas of selective oxidation, serve as a springboard for new ideas and encourage innovation and creativity. Being an up-to-date reference source for all those studying in this field, this book should be on the bookshelf of all applied and academic research centres involved in the functionalization of molecules by selective oxidation.
Automated Stratigraphic Correlation
1st Edition
Volume 13
F.P. Agterberg
English
This book provides an introduction to recent developments in automated stratigraphic correlation of fossil data, using computer programs for ranking and scaling of stratigraphic events. Mainframes or microcomputers can be used to aid the stratigrapher during data inventory for a region or time period, for construction of a biozonation based on stratigraphic events, (such as the latest appearance datum of a fossil species), and for automated correlation. The book is intended for advanced geology students, research workers and teachers with a background in stratigraphy and an interest in using computer-based techniques for problem-solving.
Advances in Cell Biology
1st Edition
Volume 3
K.R. Miller
English
Soil Micromorphology
A Basic and Applied Science
1st Edition
Volume 19
L.A. Douglas
English
The book includes selected papers from those presented at the International Working Meeting on Soil Micromorphology in San Antonio, Texas, July 1988. Each section of the book is introduced with an invited plenary paper followed by selected contributed manuscripts. The volume is intended to give the reader insight into the more recent research work involving soil micromorphology and an evaluation of the present day state of the science. New applications of micromorphology to both lunar pedology and archeology are presented. Recently developed methods for staining of microorganisms and thin section fluorescence microscopy are presented. The volume presents a summary of the research findings of the major practitioners of soil morphology and will give the reader insight as to the present state of the discipline. New methods and techniques will be made available to the reader.The book is intended for students, practicing micromorphologists, soil scientists, geologists, and geomorphologists.
Global Palaeoclimate of the Late Cenozoic
1st Edition
Volume 12
V.A. Zubakov + 1 more
English
This is a detailed description of the history and chronology of global climate based on event-signal stratigraphy. The history of global climate is described for the last fifty million years with the description for the last one million years in detail. Climatostratigraphic sequences of twelve key regions are taken as a basis, eight of them situated in the USSR territories. Chronology of climatic events of the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene is developed based on palaeomagnetic and radiometric data. The authors' version of its correlation with oxygene-isotope scales of deep-sea sediments is given. Theoretical problems of climatic stratigraphy and palaeoclimatology are discussed, in particular, the causes of climatic change. The Northern Hemisphere palaeoclimatic reconstructions are made for the Holocene, Eemian and Pliocene temperature optima, considered as possible palaeoanalogues of climate of the 21st Century. The book is intended primarily for a wide circle of scientific workers, palaeoclimatologists and palaeogeographers, but will also interest geologists, biologists, palaeomagnetologists and archaeologists.

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