This volume focuses on (1) the plethora of mostly atomic ionization techniques that have been coupled to MS for elemental analysis, the measurement of isotope ratios, and even the determination of inorganic compounds and (2) the precise measurement of isotope ratios of organic elements as small gas molecules by isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS).

This book elaborates on the synthesis of versatile precursors and their applications in organic synthesis through a systematic approach. It shows that understanding the chemical properties of different types of versatile building blocks is essential for the successful execution of organic synthesis. The text also discusses how a particular type of precursor is used in the preparation of different types of simple and complex organic compounds, depending on reaction conditions and other substrates.

Assembling a great deal of material in one place, this book serves as a valuable guide for chemists and related physical scientists throughout their careers -- covering essential equations, theories, and tools needed for conducting and interpreting contemporary research.

The book is focused on the nanoparticle-based modification of micron-size ZnO, TiO2, ZrO2, Al2O3, CeO2, and Y2O3 oxide powders and BaSO4, BaTiZrO3, and LaSrMnO3 solid solutions applied for enamels, paints, construction materials, ceramics, and electric insulators. It presents the results of studies of the grain size distribution, phase composition, structure, optical properties, and physical processes that occur in micropowders modified with ZnO, TiO2, ZrO2, Al2O3, CeO2, Y2O3, SiO2, ZrO2/Y2O3, and Al2O3/CeO2 nanoparticles and subsequently irradiated with accelerated electrons and protons.

Testosterone is a familiar villain and attractive bad boy that supplies a ready explanation for innumerable social phenomena, from the stock market crash and the overrepresentation of men in prisons to men's dominance in business and politics. It's a lot to pin on a simple molecule. Yet your testosterone level doesn't predict your competitive drive or tendency for violence, your appetite for risk or sex, or your strength or athletic prowess. It's neither the biological essence of manliness nor even "the male sex hormone." This unauthorized biography pries T, as it's known, loose from over a century of misconceptions that undermine science even as they make social fables about this hormone seem scientific.

Incorporating necessary skills for research and career success. Programming and computational science is an essential part of chemistry, yet some curricula still do not prioritize its inclusion. This work contains a collection of strategies, activities, and resources available to incorporate programming into all levels of the chemistry curriculum, with a focus on how the programming learning objectives are integrated with chemistry learning objectives.

The use of environmentally sustainable corrosion inhibitors has been shown to be the simplest and cheapest way to achieve corrosion reduction and prevention in acidic media and therefore avoid economic losses in industrial liners, tools, and surfaces. Recent research has focused on corrosion prevention methods using green inhibitors for metals or alloys from corrosion to mimic industrial methods.

The use of environmentally sustainable corrosion inhibitors has been shown to be the simplest and cheapest way to achieve corrosion reduction and prevention in acidic media and therefore avoid economic losses in industrial liners, tools, and surfaces. Recent research has focused on corrosion prevention methods using green inhibitors for metals or alloys from corrosion to mimic industrial methods.

Sculptor and Destroyer tells the story of a simple, little-known molecule that became a master architect and commander of the human brain: glutamate. Upward of 90 percent of the neurons in the human brain deploy glutamate as their neurotransmitter. Other neurotransmitters can only exert their effects on brain function by subtly modifying the ongoing activity of glutamatergic neurons, but during brain development glutamate controls the growth of dendrites and the formation of synapses.

The first, volume of Rodd's "Chemistry of Carbon Compounds", or simply "Rodd, as it is more usually called, appeared in I951. In his preface, Dr. Rodd mentioned that" as editor he undertook a task the magnitude of which he hardly grasped". The task was indeed a formidable one and he was to devote himself wholeheartedly to it for a further ten years. Meanwhile, he had the satisfaction of seeing the project come to fruition, and the book become accepted as the most comprehensive, modern text-book of factual organic chemistry.