Chemistry

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Ruthenium - An Element Loved by Researchers

Edited by Hitoshi Ishida
ISBN 978-1-83962-917-4, Print ISBN 978-1-83962-916-7,
Edited Volume
226 pages, January, 2022

Ruthenium is a precious metal not widely known to non-scientists. It is a target of much research, however. It is used in computer hard drives, the tips of fountain pens, and as a catalyst to purify car exhaust, among other uses. This book presents i ...
Molecular Biotechnology

Edited by Sergey Sedykh
ISBN 978-1-83880-798-6, Print ISBN 978-1-83880-797-9,
Edited Volume
120 pages, January, 2021

Biotechnology is a unit of engineering biology that studies ways of using living organisms, their systems, or metabolic products to solve technological problems. This book describes the modern trends and progress in biocatalysis and biotechnology, hi ...
Paraffin - an Overview

Edited by Fathi Samir Soliman
ISBN 978-1-83880-595-1, Print ISBN 978-1-83880-594-4,
Edited Volume
90 pages, September, 2020

Paraffin waxes make up the majority of commercial waxes. Waxes are characterized by the carbon number, hardness, crystal shape, composition, and molecular weight. These characteristics determine the condition of separating the wax. Paraffin wax is wi ...
Alkaloids - Their Importance in Nature and Human Life

Edited by Joanna Kurek
ISBN 978-1-78984-577-8, Print ISBN 978-1-78984-576-1,
Edited Volume
100 pages, November, 2019

"Alkaloids" is intended for by chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy, and other medical students, biologists, chemists, biochemists, and other professionals involved in the field of alkaloids. All chapters in this book are written by professionals in the ...
Microemulsion - a Chemical Nanoreactor

Edited by Juan C. Mejuto
ISBN 978-1-78984-544-0, Print ISBN 978-1-78984-501-3,
Edited Volume
146 pages, September, 2019

This book aims to provide readers with some of the current trends in microemulsions as scalable chemical nanoreactors. The chapters include discussions on microemulsions as reaction media, taking advantage of both the special behavior of trapped wate ...
Gas Chromatography - Derivatization, Sample Preparation, Application

Edited by Peter Kusch
ISBN 978-1-83881-866-1, Print ISBN 978-1-83881-865-4,
Edited Volume
142 pages, September, 2019

Gas chromatography (GC) is one of the most important types of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for separating and analyzing chemical organic compounds. Today, gas chromatography is one of the most widespread investigation methods of instru ...
Voltammetry

Edited by Nobanathi Wendy Maxakato, Sandile Surprise Gwebu and Gugu Hlengiwe Mhlongo
ISBN 978-1-78985-324-7, Print ISBN 978-1-78985-323-0,
Edited Volume
116 pages, June, 2019

Voltammetry is a very important electrochemical technique that is used to study electrode surface reactions. It helps scientists to understand the behavior of electrochemically active species and the performance of the material being investigated. Vo ...
Petroleum Chemicals - Recent Insight

Edited by Mansoor Zoveidavianpoor
ISBN 978-1-83880-402-2, Print ISBN 978-1-83880-401-5,
Edited Volume
84 pages, May, 2019

A vast amount has been written about petroleum fuels, including books and guidelines; hence, we thought it timely to produce a book Petroleum Fuels: Recent Updates, which covers the most important areas in the topic. In its pages, we tried to include ...

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