Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Advanced Methods of Determination of Crosslinking and Scission in Polymers and Their Effects on Mechanical Properties, Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, September 4-16, 1988
The proceedings of the conference include recent results of experimental and theoretical research on the following topics: reaction dynamics, fusion-fission phenomena, neutron physics, deformed shells, nuclear spectroscopy, and exotic nuclei.
Scission, Tim Winton's first collection of short fiction, contains spare, jagged stories in which people struggle with change and disintegration. These startling stories deal with men, women and children whose lives are coming apart and whose hearts are breaking. Honest, beautiful, shattering tales - vintage Winton.
This Volume covers the formation of carbon-carbon single-, double- and triple bonds by substitution and addition reactions as well as by various rearrangements. The formation of carbon-carbon multiple bonds by elimination and condensation procedures is fully documented. In addition the synthesis of carbon-hydrogen bonds principally by substitution and addition reactions is featured as is the preparation of a wide variety of carbon-centred anions, cations and radicals.
The proceedings contain invited papers and contributions which capture the recent advances in technology (beams, detectors, electronics, computing) and emphasize the new frontiers opened up in Nuclear Physics. Results with most of the existing multidetectors, as well as the progress of new developments, were presented. The presentations of EUROGAM, GAMMASPHERE, GASP, DIAMANT, ORION, EDEN, DEMON, the Texas Neutron Ball, the DWARF Ball, INDRA, FOBOS, AMPHORA, MEDEA and the SIS/ESR Particle Ball will also be included. The progress in data collection with the new integrated electronics, as well as transputer farm and network distributed processing, is also presented. Experimental results cover superdeformation, multifragmentation, neutron-rich isotopes, dissipative collisions, cluster states and radioactive beam measurements.
This volume addresses the state of the art in fire retardancy studies and the need for fire retardant chemicals and fire-retarded polymers, while considering the interrelationship among polymer degradation, fire retardant efficacy, fire testing and environmental concerns. The work examines the principles of polymer science with respect to fire retardancy.
Understanding and modeling the kinetics of chemical reactions is crucial to any research and development effort aimed at process optimization and innovation. This volume of Advances in Chemical Engineering provides four complementary points of view. It reflects state-of-the-art developments as well as views on the way to proceed by reporting on the efforts of a representative, sample of research and development groups. A first contribution by W.H. Green Jr. sets the scene. The author advocates a paradigm shift in chemical kinetics from "postdictive" to predictive models. The contribution from the Politecnico di Milano reports on the tremendous experience accumulated over the years in the field of steam cracking, one of the largest scale production processes of the petrochemical industry. The Russian school of chemical kinetics is represented by a chapter on oxidation of alkanes, this contribution addresses more "philosophical" issues. The last chapter gives an indication of the state-of-the-art in an industrial environment. Provides original reviews Presents leading chemical engineers as authors Reviews state-of-the-art developments
Founded on the work of the renowned Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center, the authors document and integrate current knowledge of the organic and inorganic structure of coal and its reaction processes. With the urgent need for cleaner, more efficient use of this worldwide fuel, their work will set a clear course for future research.