Crucibles of Leadership

Crucibles of Leadership

Author: Robert Joseph Thomas

Publisher: Harvard Business Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1591391377

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"In Crucibles of Leadership, esteemed leadership author and thinker Robert J. Thomas profiles successful leaders from all walks of life, focusing on the role experience has played in their success. In vivid stories of leadership from United Parcel Service to the United States Marine Corps, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Hells Angels, you see firsthand how leaders learn from experience, and how they leverage what they learn." -- Back Cover


Analytical Chemistry for Technicians

Analytical Chemistry for Technicians

Author: John Kenkel

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-10-29

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 9781420056709

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Surpassing its bestselling predecessors, this thoroughly updated third edition is designed to be a powerful training tool for entry-level chemistry technicians. Analytical Chemistry for Technicians, Third Edition explains analytical chemistry and instrumental analysis principles and how to apply them in the real world. A unique feature of this edition is that it brings the workplace of the chemical technician into the classroom. With over 50 workplace scene sidebars, it offers stories and photographs of technicians and chemists working with the equipment or performing the techniques discussed in the text. It includes a supplemental CD that enhances training activities. The author incorporates knowledge gained from a number of American Chemical Society and PITTCON short courses and from personal visits to several laboratories at major chemical plants, where he determined firsthand what is important in the modern analytical laboratory. The book includes more than sixty experiments specifically relevant to the laboratory technician, along with a Questions and Problems section in each chapter. Analytical Chemistry for Technicians, Third Edition continues to offer the nuts and bolts of analytical chemistry while focusing on the practical aspects of training.


Crucible

Crucible

Author: James Rollins

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780062874573

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Arriving home, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house ransacked, his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend's wife, Kat, unconscious on the kitchen floor. His one hope to find the woman he loves and his unborn child is Kat, the only witness to what happened. But the injured woman is in a semi-comatose state and cannot speak.


Constructing the Sexual Crucible

Constructing the Sexual Crucible

Author: David M Schnarch

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1991-03-05

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 9780393701029

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This book challenges the fundamental paradigms in sexual-marital therapies, and provides a fresh look at the nature of intimacy and the diverse barriers to eroticism in many marriages. By integrating individual, sexual and marital therapies, this study attempts to provide a fresh look at the nature of intimacy and the diverse barriers to eroticism in marriage. The author refutes the common focus on sexual technique, calling instead for an emphasis on sexual potential.


An Introduction to Analytical Chemistry

An Introduction to Analytical Chemistry

Author: S. A. Iqbal

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9788171412440

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Contents: Introduction, Introduction to Laboratory Work, Measurement by Weight, Measurement by Volume, General Remarks on Volumetric Analysis, Evaluation of Analytical Data, pH and Buffers, Solvent Extraction, General Remarks on Gravimetric Methods of Analysis, Radox Titrations, Precipitation Titrations, Complexometric Titrations, Chromatography, Electroanalytical Techniques.


Metal–Crucible Interactions

Metal–Crucible Interactions

Author: Nagaiyar Krishnamurthy

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-08-05

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1000625303

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Metal–Crucible Interactions suggests solutions to a major challenge in high-temperature materials processing. It offers a holistic presentation of the current knowledge of metal–crucible interactions in a compact volume so that readers can make informed decisions on materials selection. Presenting practical information, this book: • Provides an extensive summary of the compatibility a huge variety of metal–container combinations, assembles information about all known significant interactions, and evaluates how they are managed • Explains the underlying reasons for the occurrence and extent of incompatibility between metals and containment and presents some possible solutions • Outlines analytical experimental techniques to quantify compatibility/incompatibility • Covers issues and resolution in interrelated solid–solid, solid–liquid, solid–gas and solid–liquid–gas processes determining compatibility • Discusses all the metals - ferrous, common non ferrous, reactive and refractory metals, rare earths, and the important alloys as well as compounds and special compositions that tide over or remain prone to degradation due to compatibility issues • Highlights the value of addressing all interrelated issues in arriving at reliable solutions to compatibility challenges Aimed at readers in industries dealing with materials processing at high temperatures, research scientists and engineers, and graduate students, this book addresses a topic vital to stimulating immediate and long-term research and development, in ways not previously covered in other books.


Sapphire

Sapphire

Author: Elena R. Dobrovinskaya

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-04-21

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 0387856951

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By the second half of the twentieth century, a new branch of materials science had come into being — crystalline materials research. Its appearance is linked to the emergence of advanced technologies primarily based on single crystals (bulk crystals and films). At the turn of the last century, the impending onset of the “ceramic era” was forecasted. It was believed that ceramics would play a role comparable to that of the Stone or Bronze Ages in the history of civilization. Naturally, such an assumption was hypothetical, but it showed that ceramic materials had evoked keen interest among researchers. Although sapphire traditionally has been considered a gem, it has developed into a material typical of the “ceramic era.” Widening the field of sapphire application necessitated essential improvement of its homogeneity and working characteristics and extension of the range of sapphire products, especially those with stipulated properties including a preset structural defect distribution. In the early 1980s, successful attainment of crystals with predetermined char- teristics was attributed to proper choice of the growth method. At present, in view of the fact that the requirements for crystalline products have become more str- gent, such an approach tends to be insufficient. It is clear that one must take into account the physical–chemical processes that take place during the formation of the real crystal structure, i.e., the growth mechanisms and the nature and causes of crystal imperfections.