RIT Libraries Recent Acquisitions - Chemistry

Arrow Pushing in Organic Chemistry : an Easy Approach to Understanding Reaction Mechanisms / Daniel E. Levy

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: Find an easier way to learn organic chemistry with Arrow-Pushing in Organic Chemistry: An Easy Approach to Understanding Reaction Mechanisms, a book that uses the arrow-pushing strategy to reduce this notoriously challenging topic to the study of interactions between organic acids and bases. Understand the fundamental reaction mechanisms relevant to organic chemistry, beginning with Sn2 reactions and progressing to Sn1 reactions and other reaction types. The problem sets in this book, an excellent supplemental text, emphasize the important aspects of each chapter and will reinforce the key ideas without requiring memorization.

Added: Thursday, Oct 2 2008

Chemical Biology : From Small Molecules to Systems Biology and Drug Design / Edited By Stuart L. Schreiber, Tarun M. Kapoor and Gunther Wess

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: Edited by the world leaders in this emerging field, this three-volume handbook is designed to become the landmark reference on this exciting new branch of chemistry and biology. Following an introductory section, the authors discuss the use of small molecules to explore biology, discovering small molecule probes for biological mechanisms and expanding the scope of chemical synthesis. Further sections cover chemical informatics, drug discovery and systems biology, and the whole work is rounded off by the outlook and perspectives for this field. No academic institution or pharmaceutical company can possibly miss out on this highly authoritative work.

Added: Thursday, Sep 25 2008

Chemistry for Green Environment / M.M. Srivastava, Rashmi Sanghi [editors]

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: Green Chemistry: Sustainable Development of Environment provides an overview of the current status of Chemistry for implementation of clean, ecofriendly, less wasteful manufacturing process and introduces new emerging green face of multi dimensional Chemistry highlighting the need, principle, evolution, strategies and bioethical concerns for sustainable development of environment. It addresses important topics such as Information Processing, Information building, Bioinformatics, Green Computation, Ecofriendly Technologies for Clean World, Green Processes: Emerging Trends, Combinatorial effects of synthetic and natural pesticides, Plant Based Products-Green Perspectives, Standardization approach for herbal products and Recent trends in drug development through Ethno botany.

Added: Monday, Sep 22 2008

Perfumes : the Guide / Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: "The first book of its kind: a definitive guide to the world of perfume Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez are experts in the world of scent. Turin, a renowned scientist, and Sanchez, a longtime perfume critic, have spent years sniffing the world's most elegant and beautiful as well as some truly terrible perfumes. In Perfumes: The Guide, they combine their talents and experience to review more than twelve hundred fragrances, separating the divine from the good from the monumentally awful. Through witty, irreverent, and illuminating prose, the reviews in Perfumes not only provide consumers with an essential guide to shopping for fragrance, but also make for a unique reading experience. Perfumes features introductions to women's and men's fragrances and an informative frequently asked questions section including: What is the difference between eau de toilette and perfume? How long can I keep perfume before it goes bad? What's better: splash bottles or spray atomizers? What are perfumes made of? Should I change my fragrance each season? Perfumes: The Guide is an authoritative, one-of-a-kind book that will do for fragrance what Robert Parker's books have done for wine. Beautifully designed and elegantly illustrated, this book will be the perfect gift for collectors and anyone who's ever had an interest in the fascinating subject of perfume."

Added: Wednesday, Sep 17 2008

Environmental Chemistry of Aerosols / Edited By Ian Colbeck

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: Aerosol particles are ubiquitous in the Earth's atmosphere and are central to many environmental issues such as climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion and air quality. In urban environments, aerosol particles can affect human health through their inhalation. Atmospheric aerosols originate from naturally occurring processes, such as volcanic emissions, sea spray and mineral dust emissions, or from anthropogenic activity such as industry and combustion processes. Aerosols present pathways for reactions, transport, and deposition that would not occur in the gas phase alone. Understanding the ways in which aerosols behave, evolve, and exert these effects requires knowledge of their formation and removal mechanism, transport processes, as well as their physical and chemical characteristics. Motivated by climate change and adverse health effects of traffic-related air pollution, aerosol research has intensified over the past couple of decades, and recent scientific advances offer an improved understanding of the mechanisms and factors controlling the chemistry of atmospheric aerosols. Environmental Chemistry of Aerosols brings together the current state of knowledge of aerosol chemistry, with chapters written by international leaders in the field. It will serve as an authoritative and practical reference for scientists studying the Earth's atmosphere and as an educational and training resource for both postgraduate students and professional atmospheric scientists.

Added: Wednesday, Sep 17 2008

Spectacular Chemical Experiments / Herbert W. Roesky ; Foreword By George A. Olah

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: Written by the author of the award-winning Chemische Kabinettstücke this book demonstrates over 80 enjoyable, impressive and sometimes almost unbelievable chemical experiments for the classroom, lecture hall or home. All the experiments are explained in full, and have been tested several times such that their successful reproduction is guaranteed. Grouped into several cycleswater, the color blue, the color red, soles, and self-organizationthe topics are perfect for experimental lectures or school projects. Detailed illustrations and the lively writing style make this book equally attractive to readers interested in chemistry, even if they are unable to perform the experiments.

Added: Wednesday, Sep 17 2008

Chemistry for Environmental and Earth Sciences / Catherine V.A. Duke, Craig D. Williams

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: Tackling environmental issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, water pollution, and soil contamination requires an understanding of the underlying science and chemistry of these processes in real-world systems and situations. Chemistry for Environmental and Earth Sciences provides a student-friendly introduction to the basic chemistry used for the mitigation, remediation, and elimination of pollutants. Written and organized in a style that is accessible to science as well as non-science majors, this textbook divides its content into four intuitive chapters: Fire, Earth, Water, and Air. The first chapter explains classical concepts in chemistry that occur in nature such as atomic and molecular structures, chemical bonding and reactions, states of matter, phase transitions, and radioactivity. Subsequent chapters focus on the chemistry relating to the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphereincluding the chemical aspects of soil, water, and air pollution, respectively. Chemistry for Environmental and Earth Sciences uses worked examples and case studies drawn from current applications along with clear diagrams and concise explanations to illustrate the relevance of chemistry to geosciences. In-text and end-of-chapter questions with complete solutions also help students gain confidence in applying concepts from this book towards solving current, real-world problems.

Added: Thursday, Sep 11 2008

Thermophysical Properties of Chemicals and Hydrocarbons / Carl L. Yaws

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: Carl Yaws, a leading authority on chemical compounds in the chemical engineering field, has done it again. In his new book -- an essential volume for any chemist or chemical engineer's library -- he presents over 7,800 organic and inorganic chemicals, and hydrocarbons. Spanning gases, liquids and solids, and covering all critical properties (including acentric factor, density, enthalpy of vaporization, and surface tension), this volume represents more properties on more chemicals than any single work of its kind, from C1 to C100 organics and Ac to Zr inorganics. This highly recommended handbook was designed and formatted for field, lab or classroom usage, and gives the reader unparalleled access to invaluable data.