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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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""Opportunities in Chemistry Today and Tomorrow""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""OPPORTUNITIES IN Chemistry TODAY AND TOMORROW""; ""Chapter I Introduction ""; ""Chapter II Environmental Quality Through Chemistry""; ""NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN, NO PROBLEM""; ""Chapter II Environmental Quality Through Chemistry ""; ""TURNING DETECTION INTO PROTECTION""; ""OZONE IN THE STRATOSPHERE""; ""REDUCING ACID RAIN""; ""GUARDING AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT""; ""CLEANER WATER AND SAFE DISPOSAL OF WASTES""; ""RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT"" |
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""SUPPLEMENTARY READING""""Chemical & Engineering News""; ""Science""; ""Scientific American""; ""ACS Information Pamphlets""; ""Chapter III Human Needs Through Chemistry ""; ""WHIPPING A WICKED WEED""; ""III-A. More Food""; ""Plant Hormones and Growth Regulators""; ""Indole Acetic Acid (IAA), an Auxin (1)""; ""Gibberellic Acid (GA) (2)""; ""Cytokinins (3)""; ""Ethylene (4)""; ""Strigol (5)""; ""G2 Factor or Trigonelline (6)""; ""Glycinoeclepin A (7)""; ""Insect Hormones and Growth Regulators""; ""Molting Hormones (MH) (8)""; ""Juvenile Hormone (JH) (9)""; ""Anti-Juvenile Hormones"" |
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""Natural Defense Compounds: Antifeedants""""Insect Pheromones""; ""Pesticides""; ""Insecticides""; ""Herbicides""; ""Fungicides""; ""Special Techniques""; ""Fixation of Nitrogen and Photosynthesis""; ""Nitrogen Fixation""; ""Photosynthesis""; ""Food From the Sea""; ""Isolation and Characterization Techniques of Bioactive Molecules""; ""Conclusion""; ""Supplementary Reading""; ""Chemical & Engineering News""; ""BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP""; ""III-B. New Processes""; ""Heterogeneous Catalysis""; ""Molecular Sieve Synthesis and Catalysis""; ""Metal Catalysis""; ""Conversion Catalysts"" |
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""Catalysts to Improve the Quality of Air and Water""""Homogeneous Catalysis""; ""Activation of Inert Molecules""; ""Metal Cluster Chemistry""; ""Stereoselective Catalysts""; ""Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis""; ""Photocatalysis""; ""Electrocatalysis""; ""Chemistry at the Solid/Liquid Interface""; ""Artificial-Enzyme Catalysis""; ""Controlled Molecular Topography and Designed Catalysts""; ""Biomimetic Enzymes""; ""Conclusion""; ""Supplementary Reading""; ""Chemical & Engineering News""; ""Science""; ""A LITHIUM-POWERED HEART""; ""III-C. More Energy""; ""Petroleum""; ""Recovery"" |
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""Refining""""Chemistry on a Catalytic Surface""; ""Combustion""; ""Natural Gas""; ""Coal""; ""Shale Oil and Tar Sands""; ""Biomass""; ""Solar Energy""; ""Nuclear Energy""; ""Fusion Energy""; ""Conclusion""; ""Supplementary Reading""; ""Chemical & Engineering News""; ""Science""; ""Scientific American""; ""Chem Matters""; ""STONE AGE, IRON AGE, POLYMER AGE""; ""III-D. New Products and Materials""; ""Plastics and Polymers""; ""Polymers as Structural Materials""; ""Liquid Crystals and Polymer Liquid Crystals""; ""Block Polymers and Self-Organized Solids""; ""Novel Optical Materials"" |
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""Optical Fibers"" |
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Chemistry -- Research -- United States
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Chemistry -- Vocational guidance -- United States
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Chemistry -- Research
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Chemistry -- Vocational guidance
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Coonrod, Janice A
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Staff, National Research Council
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| ISBN |
9780309594684 |
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0309594685 |
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