Chemistry

Der Band 8 des bewährten und erfolgreichen Laborhandbuches für Analytiker stellt aktuelle Methoden der chemischen, klinisch-chemischen und Umweltanalytik praxisnah dar.

This volume contains review articles written by the invited speakers at the eighth International Summer Institute in Surface Science (ISISS 1987), held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in August of 1987.

"e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis - 1988"e; - contains selected contributions on modern protein- analytical techniques as presented by speakers at the Seventh International Conference on "e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis"e;, held from July 3rd to July 8th, 1988 in Berlin.

Environmental pollution raises serious concern worldwide about effects on human health.

These proceedings are the result of the third international workshop on Desorption Induced by Electronic Transitions, DIET III, which took place on Shelter Island, NY, May.

Processes of acidification or alkalization of soils are treated, taking the qualitative changes in soil chemistry into consideration.

Diffusion in solids and at interfaces is a very active area of research, as the contributions to this volume attest.

Open nonlinear systems are capable of self-organization in space and time.

The structural complexity of lignin has continually challenged the in- genuity of researchers to develop suitable methods for its charac- terization prior to and following a wide variety of chemical, biologi- cal, and physical treatments.

Wood as found in trees and bushes was of primary importance to ancient humans in their struggle to control their environment.

This book is a textbook for graduate or advanced undergraduate students in mathematics and (or) mathematical physics.

Elektrophoretische Trennmethoden sind seit vielen Jahren ein nicht mehr wegzudenkender Bestandteil der analytischen Verfahren in den Bereichen Analytische Chemie, Klinische Chemie, Lebensmittelchemie, Medizin, Biologie, Pharmakologie.

One of the principal objects of theoretical research in any department of knowledge is to find the point of view from which the subject appears in its greatest simplicity.

Diagnostic cytology has recently enjoyed increased attention and significance in modern research.

In this book the author discusses the investigation of ion bombardment of solids by computer simulation, with the aim of demonstrating the usefulness of this approach to the problem of interactions of ions with solids.

The aim of this book is twofold: it is intended for use as a textbook for a ~ourse on electronic materials (indeed, it stems from a series of lectures on this topic delivered at Milan Polytechnic and at the universities of Modena and Parma), and as an up-to-date review for scientists working in the field ::>f silicon processing.

Aromatic organic hydrocarbons and heterocycles represent a bulk of about one third of all industrially produced organic basic materials.

The synthetic chemistry of carbohydrates has advanced at a scarcely equalled rate in the last 25 years, due to the great interest of biologically active natural products coritaining sugar moieties.

Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology provides comprehensive, integrated reviews giving sound, critical, and provocative summaries of our present knowledge in environmental and comparative physiology, from the molecular to the organismic level.

Von der Arbeits gruppe Systemforschung an der Universität Osnabrück wird im Auftrag der International Union of Biologica1 Sciences (IUBS) ein Projekt zur Erstellung von sogenannten Element-Konzentrations­ Katastern in Ökosystemen (ECCE) entwickelt, das alle großen Ökosysteme der Erde einschließen soll.

International Mineral Economics provides an integrated overview of the concepts important for mineral exploration, mine valuation, mineral market analysis, and international mineral policies.

This book contains the contributions to an European symposium on "e;Trace Elements in Environmental History"e;, held from June 24th to 26th at GCittingen, FRG.

During the last fifteen years organoselenium chemistry underwent a spectacular mutation: from an exotic area of science practised by a few specialists it became a relatively well mastered and widely used methodology of synthetic organic chemistry.

1 The content ofthis article is based on a German book version ) which appeared at the end of the year 1986.

More and more possible applications of organometallic compounds in organic synthesis have been uncovered and a growing number of scientists are attracted to this area of research.

Living things use solar energy in two ways: in the transmission of information and in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy.

This volume represents an edited selection of papers presented at the International symposium on the geology of tin deposits held in Nanning City in October 1984.

A full century has passed since the sudden and tragically premature demise of Aleksandr Porfir'evich Borodin in 1887 at the age of 53, when he was following with phenomenal success the disparate careers of musician, composer, organic chemist, and pioneer in women's medical education.

The present series, "e;Bio-organic Marine Chemistry,"e; is being launched at a time when we have the fundamental knowledge and the requisite instrumentation to probe the molecular basis of many biological phenomena.

There is no doubt about the importance of hydration in many areas of every day life, technology, biology, medicine, science etc.

1977 saw the publication of "e;A Collection of Methods for Water Analysis"e;, a three-volume work in ring-binder form compiled by W.

New methods for the construction of condensed five-membered ring systems continue to be developed at an accelerated pace.

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Recent economic trends, especially the worldwide decline in oil prices, and an altered political climate in the United States have combined to bring about major reductions in research on renewable energy resources.

The second edition of "e;Formulas, Facts and Constants"e; has been enlarged without undue increase in volume.

The subject of the book is electron transfer reactions in organic chemistry, with the emphasis on mechanistic aspects.

Procedures for extracting or refining sensitive substances using dense gases have been developed for numerous purposes.

The trend towards miniaturisation of microelectronic devices and the search for exotic new optoelectronic devices based on multilayers confer a crucial role on semiconductor interfaces.

The idea of Professors Bolis and Gilles to gather together for a 3 days' meeting in the splendid environment of Crans-Montana in Switzerland a limited number of people around the subject of calcium and calcium bind- ing proteins seemed at first particularly attractive, and when they asked me to take charge of the scientific organization of the symposium, I accepted with enthusiasm.

Competitive binding techniques such as radioimmunoassay (RIA) are widely used to measure an enormous variety of compounds in biological fluids.

Die Chemie ist ein Wissensgebiet, das besonders geeignet ist, mit Hilfe des Computers neue Möglichkeiten der Problemlösung zu erschließen.

At last geochemists are offered one comprehensive reference book which gives the Eh-pH diagrams for 75 elements found in the earth's surface environment, including transuranic and other radioactive species.