Material- und Nanochemie

Handbook of Elemental Speciation

This international collection of chapters comprehensively covers different aspects of procedures for speciation analysis at all levels starting from sample collection and storage, through sample p...

The Microbiology of Anaerobic Digesters

Michael H. Gerardi

Anaerobic digestion is a biochemical degradation process that converts complex organic material, such as animal manure, into methane and other byproducts. Part of the author's Wastewater Micro...

Adsorbents

Ralph T. Yang

Adsorption promises to play an integral role in several future energy and environmental technologies, including hydrogen storage, CO removal for fuel cell technology, desulfurization of transporta...

LC/MS Applications in Drug Development

Mike S. Lee

Breakthroughs in combinatorial chemistry and molecular biology, as well as an overall industry trend toward accelerated development, mean the rate of sample generation now far exceeds the rate of ...

Chemometrics

Richard G. Brereton

* Includes five chapters that cover the basic principles of chemometrics analysis.<br> * Provides two chapters on the use of Excel and MATLAB for chemometrics analysis.<br> * Contains ...

RF MEMS and Their Applications

Vijay K. Varadan / K. J. Vinoy / K. A. Jose

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) refer to a collection of micro-sensors and actuators, which can react to environmental change under micro- circuit control. The integration of MEMS into tradi...

Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry

Robert E. Ardrey

First explaining the basic principles of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry and then discussing the current applications and practical benefits of LC-MS, along with descriptions of the ba...

Methods for Environmental Trace Analysis

John R. Dean

Provides the basic skills and information required to prepare an environmental sample for analysis. Divided into two sections, i.e. Inorganic Analysis and Organic Analysis, this book covers select...

MDI and TDI: Safety, Health and the Environment

MDI and TDI are polymer building blocks with a wide range of applications in industry.<br> Both are used in large quantities and can be found in a wide variety of industries and applications...

Partition and Adsorption of Organic Contaminants in Environmental Systems

Cary T. Chiou

Given the presence of a wide variety of contaminants in the environment, it is important to understand what drives a contaminant from one medium to another, as well as the manner and extent to whi...

Transport Phenomena for Chemical Reactor Design

Laurence A. Belfiore

Laurence Belfiore’s unique treatment meshes two mainstream subject areas in chemical engineering: transport phenomena and chemical reactor design. Expressly intended as an extension of Bird, Ste...

Nitrification and Denitrification in the Activated Sludge Process

Michael H. Gerardi

Nitrification and Denitrification in the Activated Sludge Process, the first in a series on the microbiology of wastewater treatment, comprises the critical topics of cost-effective operation, per...