In 1993, at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, the Army completed construction of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF), the first complete facility for destruction of lethal unitary chemical agents and munitions to be built in the continental United States. The TOCDF will employ the Army's baseline incineration system to destroy the depot's increment of the nation's aging unitary chemical stockpile. This book assesses Army changes and ...

This is Part 1 of a two-part set. Part 2 ISBN is 1859574823 ...

Separation processes -- or processes that use physical, chemical, or electrical forces to isolate or concentrate selected constituents of a mixture -- are essential to the chemical, petroleum refining, and materials processing industries.<P>In this volume, an expert panel reviews the separation process needs of seven industries and identifies technologies that hold promise for meeting these needs, as well as key technologies that could ...

When Alfred Nobel first mixed a concoction he called dynamite, he knew immediately he had come up with something important. The invention of dynamite brought an explosion of growth - in road building, in mining, and in canal construction. ...

Finally, failure to respect the boundary between the subjective and the objective in discussions of the matter can invite flatly incorrect conclusions about the relationship between odors and illness. ...

Mathematical modeling is a useful tool for the design, analysis and control of wastewater treatment systems. The activated sludge process is one of the most common processes used in wastewater treatment, and therefore is a particularly important candidate for the application of mathematical models. In the 1980s, a task group organized by the International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ) developed a conceptual model of the activated sludge ...

Bingham covers the preliminary and methods of measurement, the Law of Poiseuille, viscosity and fluidity, the viscosity of gases, and further applications of the viscometric method.
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"Combinatorial Materials Science" integrates scientific fundamentals and interdisciplinary underpinnings and describes new developments and research results in catalysts, biomaterials, and nanomaterials, and informatics approaches to analyze combinatorial data.&#160;
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This practical guide begins with general background to the polyethylene family, with price, production and market share information. It describes the basic types of polyethylene including virgin and filled polyethylene, copolymers, block and graft polymers and composites, and reviews the types of additives used in polyethylene. It gives the low down on the properties, including, amongst others, rheological, mechanical, chemical, thermal, and ...

These little sticks of paper and powder have captured the imagination of cultures the world over since the Chinese invented them centuries ago. "Firecrackers" explores the history and cultural significance of firecracker labels as an art form in an engaging narrative complemented by over 100 full-color illustrations. ...