Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in Coal and Coal Combustion Byproducts
The research papers in this book present current knowledge of the sources, pathways, behavior, and effects of trace elements in soils, waters, plants, and animals. It is of interest to a variety of readers, including public health and environmental professionals, consultants, and academicians.
X-Ray Diffraction at Elevated Temperatures
by Deborah D. L. Chung and Et Al
This monograph provides detailed information on the principles, instrumentation, and application of X-ray diffraction at elevated temperatures. More particularly, it summarizes the uses of intense X-ray sources and position-sensitive detectors to assess them in comparison with competing techniques for in situ process analysis at elevated temperatures. This book is intended for use in the training of personnel and in the promotion of the process. Within the areas of X-ray diffraction, materials c...
Since the publication of the previous volumes many new aspects of the physical and life sciences have been developed in which the properties of water play a dominant role. Although, according to its preface, Volume 5 was to be the last one of the treatise, these recent developments have led to a revision of that statement. The present volume and its companion, still in preparation, deal with topics that were already mentioned in the preface to Volume 5 as gaining in importance. The recent develo...
Graph Paper Notebook 1 inch squares (1 Inch Squares, #2)
by Alun Publishing
Interface Science and Composites (Interface Science and Technology, #18)
by Soo-Jin Park and Min-Kang Seo
The goal of Interface Science and Composites is to facilitate the manufacture of technological materials with optimized properties on the basis of a comprehensive understanding of the molecular structure of interfaces and their resulting influence on composite materials processes. From the early development of composites of various natures, the optimization of the interface has been of major importance. While there are many reference books available on composites, few deal specifically with the...
Mechanical Relaxation of Interstitials in Irradiated Metals (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, #118)
by Karl Heinz Robrock
Intrinsic point defects due to high energy particle irradiation are studied in terms of anelastic principles and experimental techniques. A critical assessment of available data on binding and diffusion energies of self-interstitials and self-interstitial solute atom complexes is given. New results are presented for the elastic aftereffect of self-interstitials and caging motions, i.e., localized diffusion of metallic interstitial atoms. A novel point discussed is how the design of torsion pendu...
Semiconducting Chalcogenide Glass II: Properties of Chalcogenide Glasses
Multiscale Modeling
by Andriy Kovalenko, Sergey Gusarov, Alexander Kobryn, and Maria Stepanova
The greatest challenge to modern theory is how to combine related views of the same phenomenon. The recently emerged concept of multiple scale modeling indicates a major change from traditional analysis. Instead of relying on a single theoretical tool to analyze a particular object, this sophisticated approach uses a set of integrated tools to analyze a complex system spanning different time and size scales. This book emphasizes relations between different disciplines and highlights ways to buil...
A guide to using Mathematica so as to explore cellular automata within natural phenomena, such as insect colonies, bird flight paths and even DNA sequencing. Designed for physicists, life scientists, and engineers - in fact, everyone dealing with fractals - the book first introduces Mathematica before going on to provide the valuable information needed to properly motivate the code and run the simulations presented in the book. All these simulations have been tested both inside and outside the c...
Bioenergetics, the topic of volume 5 of this Series, is concerned with the energetics, the kinetics, and the mechanisms of energy conversion in biological systems. This phenomenon can be investigated on diffe- rent levels of complexity. On a global level the role of biological pro- cesses for the steady state of our enviroment is considered. At the physiological level, the relation between energy input and the physiolo- gical state of an organism is of interest, while at the cellular level the b...
Materials That Change Color (PoliMI SpringerBriefs) (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Marinella Ferrara and Murat Bengisu
This book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products. Introducing a class of smart materials, that change colors, the book presents their characteristics, advantages, potentialities and difficulties of applications of this to help understanding what they are, how they work, how they are applied. The books also present a number of case studies: products, projects, co...
This Brief presents the main aspects of the response functions theory (RFT) for molecular solutes described within the framework of the Polarizable Continuum Model (PCM). PCM is a solvation model for a Quantum Mechanical molecular system in which the solvent is represented as a continuum distribution of matter. Particular attention is devoted to the description of the basic features of the PCM model, and to the problems characterizing the study of the response function theory for molecules in so...
Integrated Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
by Valerica Raicu and Aurel Popescu
Biophysics represents perhaps one of the best examples of interdisciplinary research areas, where concepts and methods from disciplines such as physics, biology, b- chemistry, colloid chemistry, and physiology are integrated. It is by no means a new ?eld of study and has actually been around, initially as quantitative physiology and partly as colloid science, for over a hundred years. For a long time, biophysics has been taught and practiced as a research discipline mostly in medical schools and...
It may be argued that silicon, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and iron are among the most important elements on our planet, because of their involvement in geological, biol- ical, and technological processes and phenomena. All of these elements have been studied exhaustively, and voluminous material is available on their properties. Included in this material are numerous accounts of their electrochemical properties, ranging from reviews to extensive monographs to encyclopedic discourses. This is cert...
Local Reference Frame
by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, and John McBrewster
Describes the main aspects of chirality in liquid crystals, and points out some of the open questions of current research. The chapters review the highlights of the important topics and questions.
Extensively revised and updated to keep abreast of recent advances, Polymers: Chemistry and Physics of Modern Materials, Third Edition continues to provide a broad-based, high-information text at an introductory, reader-friendly level that illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of polymer science. Adding or amending roughly 50% of the material, t
Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of Transition Metal Complexes
The combination of spectroscopy and theory has developed considerably in the past two decades. Computational techniques and theoretical analysis to extract electronic structure information from spectroscopy has become a crucial aspect of modern research in chemistry and materials science. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date resource on spectroscopic methods used in transition metal chemistry and explains the relationships between experimental techniques and electronic structure....
Electricity-based Fuels (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Alexander Tremel
This book discusses the needs of future energy systems with a focus on the electricity and transportation sectors. The general idea behind electricity based fuel is explained, the current status and future potential developments of this technology are presented. A main challenge in the production of electricity based fuels is the fluctuating energy input from renewable electricity generation. The arising design and optimization targets for integrated power-to-fuel plants are discussed, also pre...
Update on the Chemical Thermodynamics of Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium and Technetium (Chemical Thermodynamics, #5)
by R Guillaumont, T Fangh Nel, J Fuger, I Grenthe, V Neck, D. A. Palmer, and M.H. Rand
This volume is part of the series on "Chemical Thermodynamics", published under the aegis of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, and updates and expands the thermodynamic data on inorganic compounds and complexes of uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium and technetium contained in the previous volumes of the series. A review team, composed of seven internationally recognized experts, has critically reviewed during five years all the scientific literature containing chemical thermodynamic informat...
Kinetics of Electrochemical Metal Dissolution (Studies in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry)
by L. Kiss
Processes that take place at a phase boundary connected with the transfer of electric charge - the electrode processes - are of great importance in many aspects of everyday life. Nevertheless, the elaboration of theories concerning these processes started only in the 1930s. In particular, results obtained during the last two decades have made it possible to survey the general theoretical fundamentals of electrode processes and to elucidate the reaction mechanisms of several important electrode p...