The latest book in the ACS Symposium Series, addressing scientific and practical aspects of biodeterioration and protection of lignocellulose materials.

Presents typical problems and solutions, sampling equipment, preservation techniques, and special considerations for each matrix. This new edition is useful for both experts and novices who need to obtain reliable environmental samples.

Mechatronics: A Foundation Course applies a unified approach to meet this

Offering a materials science point of view, the author covers the theory and practice of adsorption and diffusion applied to gases in microporous crystalline, mesoporous ordered, and micro/mesoporous amorphous materials.

In this essential guide, he shows how to become perfectly confident—how to strive for and maintain the well-calibrated, adaptive confidence that can elevate all areas of our lives.

This is an updated manual covering the theory and practice of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) techniques for surface analysis.

This second edition has been updated and expanded to provide greater depth of coverage." -- Back cover. This second edition has been updated and expanded to provide greater depth of coverage.

In this sense, this book is another testimonyof how design changes human life.

The renaissance in investigations into the structure, properties and modification reactions of polysaccharides and their derivatives is reflected in this volume with contributions about new approaches for analysis and characterization of ...