Anthroposophical remedies focus on spiritual processes and relationships between elements, rather than chemical reactions. Henning Schramm argues that principles and ideas drawn from fairy tales can help us understand how remedies involving metals actually work. Henning draws out the character of ea[...]

As the U.S. economy struggled to recover from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, 2009 had citizens across the country searching for alternate investment vehicles, with many finding solace in a precious metal that has been a universal measure of wealth since early civilisation gold[...]

Part of Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water Set - buy all five books together to save over 30%! Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water comprises the proceedings of COST Action 637 - METEAU, held in Kristianstad, Sweden, October 13-15, 2010. This book collates the understanding o[...]

Metals, Minds and Mobility seeks to integrate archaeometallurgical data with archaeological theory to address longstanding questions about mechanisms of exchange, mobility and social complexity in prehistory. The circulation of metal has long been viewed as a catalyst for social, economic and popula[...]

Tribocorrosion causes the degradation or alteration of materials through the combined action of corrosion and wear. It limits the performance and life-time of installations, machines and devices with moving parts, and controls certain manufacturing processes such as chemical-mechanical polishing. Th[...]

Enamels have fascinated the world for centuries and have been enjoying a resurgence over the last forty years. In this new paperback edition, "Enamelling on Precious Metals" looks at how such stunning effects are achieved from the inspiration of design through the intricacies of the process to the s[...]

With contributions from experts in supported metal catalysis, from both the industry and academia, this book presents the latest developments in characterization and application of supported metals in heterogeneous catalysis. In addition to a thorough and updated coverage of the traditional aspects [...]

Including both a 324-page text and CD-ROM, this package seeks to simulate a classroom lecture: it writes important equations and concepts on a virtual board, indicating relationships and repeating parts of the lesson to stress certain areas. Readers are not just passively presented with thermodynami[...]

Offers an approach to the formation, manipulation, and reactivity of organometallic complexes. This text presents the organic chemistry of transition metals by class of metal complex, with many examples of applications in the synthesis of complex natural products and pharmaceuticals.[...]