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Environmental Health & Safety
Health and Safety in the Chemical Laboratory: Where do we go from here? Provides an overview of health and safety developments in the chemical laboratory and workplace. Includes Accident and Dangerous Statistics, Morbidity and Mortality Studies, Professional Negligence, Liability and Indemnity, Managing People, Protection of Workers Exposed to Chemicals, and more. Special Publication No. 51 206 pages. Paper. (1984) $30.00 (US & Canada only)
Hazards in the Chemical Laboratory, 3rd Edition L. Bretherick, Ed. Vital handbook in all types of laboratory practices, Covers topics such as The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Reactive Chemical Hazards, Safety Planning and Management, Fire Protection, Health Care and First Aid, Precautions Against Radiation: Hazardous Chemicals. Details information on the properties, warning phrases, injunctions, toxic effects, hazardous reactions, first-aid treatments, fire hazards and spillage, disposal procedures for all common laboratory chemicals. Gives short notes on the hazardous properties and reactions of several hundred other less common chemicals. 489 pages. Protective PVC Cover. (1981) $35.00 (US & Canada only)
Food Food: The Chemistry of Its Components T.P. Coultate, Ed. Gives a detailed account of the chemistry of the principal substances of food. Discusses both the macro-components, carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, and the micro-components, the colors, flavors, vitamins and preservatives. Shows the relationship between chemical structure of substance and its contribution to the properties and behavior of foodstuffs. 202 pages. Paper. (1984) $11.00 (US & Canada only)
Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Meat A.J. Bailey, Ed. Discusses the problems of the meat industry with reference to the application of chemistry. Reports on The Structure of Muscle and Its Properties of Meat, The
Royal Society ofChemistry
Chemistry of Intramuscular Collagen, The Control of Post-Mortem Metabolism and the Onset of Rigor Mortis, WaterHolding in Meat, The Chemistry of Nitrite in Curing, and more. Special Publication No. 47 262 pages. Paper. (1984) $27.00 (US & Canada only)
Analytical
Challenges to Contemporary Dairy Analytical Techniques Appraises the problems that will be faced by analysts of dairy products in the future and examines the means that are likely to be used to solve them. Looks at quality control, assessment of nutritive content, legal and safety requirements as well as standardized methods of analysis. Special Publication No. 49 350 pages. Paper. (1984) $29.00 (US & Canada only)
The Sampling of Bulk Materials by R. Smith and G.V.James Will fill a gap in the literature and stimulate interest in the development of sampling as a field of study. Includes glossary of terms, sampling theories, apparatus for sampling, sampling methods, table of Normal Distribution (singlesided), table for Poisson Distribution, and more. Analytical Sciences Monograph No. 8 200 pages. Cloth. (1981) $32.00 (US & Canada only)
Eight Peak Index of Mass Spectra, 3rd Edition Contains the eight most abundant ions in 66,720 mass spectra covering 52,322 compounds. Indexed by molecular weight, elemental composition, and most abundant ions. Three volumes include molecular weight sub-indexed on formula, molecular weight sub-indexed on fragment ion m/z values, and fragment ion m/z of the two most abundant ions. 3 vols. Cloth. (1984) $1178.00 (US & Canada only)
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Agriculture
The Agrochemicals Handbook Provides comprehensive data and information on a wide variety of products. Lists trade, chemical, and approved names as well as manufacturers of active components of agricultural products. Covers toxic effects, chemical and physical properties, precautionary measures, and degradation metabolism of active components. Includes herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, nematicides, acaricides, rodenticides, and more. Special feature! Regular updates with announcements and introduction by agrochemical manufacturers of new active ingredients, new pesticidal formulations, and new uses of existing products. (Supplements will be shipped as soon as they are available.) 1,000 pages. Pillar-post binder. (1983) $248.00 (US & Canada only) (includes Supplements 1-5) Replacement Supplements: $20.00 each (US & Canada only)
European Directory of Agrochemical Products (EDAP) Lists over 10,000 agrochemical products manufactured, marketed, and/or used in Western Europe. Details vital information on these products, their active ingredients, and their permitted uses in different countries. Offers three indexes—active ingredients, products, and marketing companies. Does not contain information available in The Agrochemicals Handbook. Four volume flex/cover directory includes: Part I. Fungicides 750 pages. (1984) Part II. Herbicides 1,000 pages. (1984) Part III. Insecticides and Acancides 1,000 pages. (1984) Part IV. Rodenticides, Nematicides, etc. 450 pages. (1984) Volumes may be purchased individually at $114.00 each (US & Canada only) Special four volume set price: $370.00 (US & Canada only)
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