Understanding Street Drugs

Understanding Street Drugs.

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers | ISBN: 1843103516 | edition 2005 | PDF | 336 pages | 3,15 mb

This fully updated edition of the essential reference, "Understanding Drugs", provides a complete overview of the key facts and core issues surrounding substance misuse. All commonly-used street drugs are covered, with quick reference guides, helpful body chart diagrams and clear information on each drug's effects, methods of use, legal status, availability, treatment options and associated slang. This edition includes new sections on ketamine, 'date-rape' drugs, and over-the-counter opiate-based drugs, and recent findings on the long-term effects of cannabis and its potential medicinal use, and discussion of the legalisation debate. This comprehensive handbook is an essential reference for teachers, social workers, youth workers, residential home managers, policy makers and parents, enabling readers recognise drug misuse and confidently offer information and guidance.

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Physicians Desk Reference 2008: Hospital/Library Version (Physicians' Desk Reference (Pdr))

Physician's Desk Reference| ISBN: 1563636603 | 2007-11-30| PDF | 3482 pages | 7 Mb

The authoritative source of FDA-approved information on prescription drugs.

Physicians have turned to PDR® for the latest word on prescription drugs for over 62 years! Today, PDR is considered the standard prescription drug reference and can be found in virtually every medical facility and pharmacy in the United States. The 62nd edition contains more than 3,000 pages - our most comprehensive edition ever.

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Ion Chromatography

James S. Fritz, Douglas T. Gjerde, "Ion Chromatography".

Wiley-VCH | 2009 | ISBN: 3527320520 | 394 pages | PDF | 3,7 MB

This completely revised and updated fourth edition of the best-selling classic is a thorough treatment of the subject while remaining concise and readable. New additions include capillary electrophoresis, monolithic columns, zwitterion colums, DNA/RNA analysis, fundamentals of the science of IC, and micro methods. The whole is rounded off by handy tables with details on detection or elution conditions, among others.

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Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis, Sixth Edition by James W. Robinson, Eileen M. Skelly Frame, George M. Frame II

Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis, Sixth Edition by James W. Robinson, Eileen M. Skelly Frame, George M. Frame II.

Publisher: CRC; 6 edition (December 2, 2004) | 1079 pages | ISBN: 0824753593 | 10 MB

Completely rewritten, revised, and updated, this Sixth Edition reflects the latest technologies and applications in spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and chromatography. It illustrates practices and methods specific to each major chemical analytical technique while showcasing innovations and trends currently impacting the field. Many of the chapters have been individually reviewed by teaching professors and include descriptions of the fundamental principles underlying each technique, demonstrations of the instrumentation, and new problem sets and suggested experiments appropriate to the topic.

... Now in its sixth edition, [this book] has developed and grown in size and stature and is much improved... Each chapter comes with a useful collection of additional material such as bibliographies, sources of spectral databases, experiments and problems. ...worthy of specific attention is the coverage of spectral methods. ...most major general textbooks choose to focus on the instrumentation and leave spectral interpretation to more specialized texts. Unusually, this text has incorporated quite extensive sections on the interpretation, [effectively removing] the artificial boundary between the construction and function of the instrument and the understanding of the results that the instrument generates. ...[This book] is now a much stronger contender for adoption by course instructors. ...

... Now in its sixth edition, [this book] has developed and grown in size and stature and is much improved... Each chapter comes with a useful collection of additional material such as bibliographies, sources of spectral databases, experiments and problems. ...worthy of specific attention is the coverage of spectral methods. ...most major general textbooks choose to focus on the instrumenttion and leave spectral interprettion to more specialized texts. Unusually, this text has incorporated quite extensive sections on the interpretation, [effectively removing] the artificial boundary between the construction and function of the instrument and the understanding of the results that the instrument generates. ...[this book] is now a much stronger contender for adoption by course instructors. ...

With many scientific degrees covering various areas of instrumental analysis it is always difficult to find one book that can cover all the subjects required, but this book certainly does. It is an extensive review... ...I would see this book as being dipped into by students rather than being read as an entity. ...This is the type of book that could be used by a student from any degree pathway with an analytical instrumental component and would cover techniques from year one to final year. ...

- Chromatographia, Vol. 64, no. 9/10, 2006.

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Practical Guide to ICP-MS

Publisher: Marcel Dekker | Pages: 336 | 2003-12 | ISBN 0824753194 | PDF | 3 MB

Written by a field insider with more than 20 years of experience in the development and application of atomic spectroscopy instrumentation, the Practical Guide to ICP-MS offers key concepts and guidelines in a reader-friendly format that is superb for those with limited knowledge of the technique. This reference discusses the fundamental principles, analytical advantages, practical capabilities, and overall benefits of ICP-MS. It presents the most important selection criteria when evaluating commercial ICP-MS equipment and the most common application areas of ICP-MS such as the environmental, semiconductor, geochemical, clinical, nuclear, food, metallurgical, and petrochemical industries.

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Practical Guide to ICP-MS: A Tutorial for Beginners, Second Edition (Practical Spectroscopy)
CRC | ISBN: 1420067869 | 2008-06-24 | PDF | 376 pages | 4 Mb

The Practical Guide to ICP-MS, Second Edition presents an in-depth discussion of the fundamental principles, analytical advantages, and practical capabilities of ICP-MS. It offers key concepts in a reader-friendly format suitable for those with limited knowledge of the technique. This edition features new and updated coverage of hyphenated techniques, particularly LC-ICP-MS, collision/reaction cell technology, and ICP-MS applications in the environmental, semiconductor, metallurgical, and petrochemical industries. It also provides selection criteria for commercial ICP-MS equipment and a new glossary containing ICP-MS terms as well as specifications and features for commercial equipment.

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Trace Environmental Quantitative Analysis: Principles, Techniques and Applications, Second Edition

Trace Environmental Quantitative Analysis: Principles, Techniques and Applications, Second Edition.

by: Paul R. Loconto

Publisher: CRC Press | 2 edition (29 Aug 2005) | ISBN: 0824758536 | Pages: 744 | PDF | 12.4 MB

Providing insight into the theory and practice of trace analysis, the second edition takes readers through the fundamental principles to state-of-the-art methods of TEQA currently used in leading laboratories. Among the more than two-dozen new topics are the underlying principles of GC-MS, GC-MS-MS, LC-MS, and ICP-MS, column chromatographic cleanup, gel permeation chromatography, applications to biological sample matrices, matrix solid-phase dispersion, and laboratory-tested experiments. Appendices include a glossary, applications to drinking water, computer programs for TEQA, instrument designs, and useful Internet links for practicing environmental chemists.

Trace Environmental Quantitative Analysis: Principles, Techniques, and Applications, Second Edition offers clear and relevant explanations of the principles and practice of selected analytical instrumentation involved in trace environmental quantitative analysis (TEQA). The author updates each chapter to reflect the latest improvements in TEQA that have resulted in greater levels of sensitivity.

The book begins with an overview of regulatory and EPA methods, followed by quantitative data reduction and interpretation of analytical results, sample preparation, and analytical instrumentation. Among the more than two-dozen new topics are the underlying principles of GC-MS, GC-MS-MS, LC-MS, and ICP-MS, column chromatographic cleanup, gel permeation chromatography, applications to biological sample matrices, and matrix solid-phase dispersion. The chapter on sample preparation now includes more alternatives to liquid-liquid extraction, highlighting Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME), and Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction (SBSE). The final chapter contains laboratory-tested experiments to practice the techniques appearing in the text. Appendices include a convenient glossary, applications to drinking water, computer programs for TEQA, instrument designs, and useful Internet links for practicing environmental analytical chemists.

Featuring personal insight into the theory and practice of trace analysis from a bench analytical chemist, the second edition of Trace Environmental Quantitative Analysis takes readers from the fundamental principles to state-of-the-art methods of TEQA currently used in leading laboratories.

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Simon Nelms, "Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Handbook"

Blackwell | 2005-09-20 | ISBN: 0849323819 | 485 pages | PDF | 8 MB

With a level of detection of one part in 1015, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a highly sensitive tool in a huge range of analytical applications. Development of the technology continues rapidly, further opening up the scope for this invaluable analytical technique. Despite widespread interest and usage, little has been written to describe the analytical techniques and instrumentation in a format accessible to both new and experienced users of the technique. Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Handbook provides a thorough description of ICP-MS instrumentation and techniques, giving the reader sufficient knowledge to approach the technique with confidence.

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Introduction to Spectroscopy

Introduction to Spectroscopy.

Publisher: Brooks Cole | ISBN: 0030319617 | edition 2000 | PDF | 680 pages | 52,2 mb

A true introductory text for learning the spectroscopic techniques of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Infrared, Ultraviolet and Mass Spectrometry. It can be used in a stand alone spectroscopy course or as a supplement to the sophomore-level organic chemistry course.

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Nanoscale Calibration Standards and Methods: 

Dimensional and Related Measurements in the Micro- and Nanometer Range 

by Günter Wilkening, Ludger Koenders

Publisher: Wiley-VCH | August 19, 2005 | ISBN: 352740502X | Pages: 541 | PDF | 11 MB

The quantitative determination of the properties of micro- and nanostructures is essential in research and development. It is also a prerequisite in process control and quality assurance in industry. The knowledge of the geometrical dimensions of structures in most cases is the base, to which other physical and chemical properties are linked. Quantitative measurements require reliable and stable instruments, suitable measurement procedures as well as appropriate calibration artefacts and methods. The seminar "NanoScale 2004" (6th Seminar on Quantitative Microscopy and 2nd Seminar on Nanoscale Calibration Standards and Methods) at the National Metrology Institute (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB), Braunschweig, Germany, continues the series of seminars on Quantitative Microscopy. The series stimulates the exchange of information between manufacturers of relevant hard- and software and the users in science and industry.
Topics addressed in these proceedings are

a) the application of quantitative measurements and measurement problems in: microelectronics, microsystems technology, nano/quantum/molecular electronics, chemistry, biology, medicine, environmental technology, materials science, surface processing

b) calibration & correction methods: calibration methods, calibration standards, calibration procedures, traceable measurements, standardization, uncertainty of measurements

c) instrumentation and methods: novel/improved instruments and methods, reproducible probe/sample positioning, position-measuring systems, novel/improved probe/detector systems, linearization methods, image processing.

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Ruthenium in Organic Synthesis 
Wiley-VCH | November 10, 2004 | ISBN: 3527306927 | 398 pages | PDF | 2.58 mb

In this comprehensive book, one of the leading experts, Shun-Ichi Murahashi, presents all the important facets of modern synthetic chemistry using Ruthenium, ranging from hydrogenation to metathesis. In 14 contributions, written by an international authorship, readers will find all the information they need about this fascinating and extraordinary chemistry. The result is a high quality information source and a indispensable reading for everyone working in organometallic chemistry.

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Nataliya Turova, Vadim G. Kessler - The Chemistry of Metal Alkoxides

Springer | 2002 | ISBN: 0792375211 | Pages: 584 | PDF | 29.52 MB

The study of the chemistry of metal alkoxides, which began more than 100 years ago, is now experiencing a renaissance due to the broad application of these compounds as molecular precursors in the synthesis of advanced technological materials based on simple and complex oxides. The solution of this problem is occupying a wide circle of inorganic chemists, technologists specializing in fine synthesis in nonaqueous media, and those working on the production of films and coatings. The application of metal alkoxides in the first step of sol-gel technology (based on hydrolysis of alkoxides with the subsequent dehydration of the hydrated oxides formed) is addressed in this monograph covering the modern literature devoted to all the steps of this process. This book is devoted to the general questions of the chemistry of metal alkoxides-the synthetic routes to them (both laboratory and technology) physiochemical properties, structure, specific features of single groups of alkoxides, theoretical principles of their use for the preparation of simple and complex oxides by the sol-gel method, and major directions of the application of this method in the preparation of functional materials. Also includes are the derivatives of single elements of first through eighth groups of the Periodic Table. The tables contain the major data on the alkoxides, phenoxides, siloxides, derivatives of polyatomic alcohols, and phenols, -- their composition, structure, preparation techniques, and major physiochemical characteristics. These tables allow the book to be used as a handbook permitting a quick and essentially complete acquaintance with the distinct compounds and the literature describing them.

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Greg Curran - Homework Helpers: Chemistry

Greg Curran - Homework Helpers: Chemistry.

Career Press | 2004 | ISBN: 1564147215 | Pages: 352 | PDF | 5.09 MB

Do you fear mole conversions and Avogadro's number? Are oxidation-reduction reactions just too much to handle? Are the Ideal Gas Laws getting you down? When your teacher tries to teach you how to name organic compounds, is he or she speaking a language you never learned? Homework Helpers: Chemistry is a user-friendly review book that will make every student-or parent trying to help their child-feel like he or she has a private Chemistry tutor. Concepts are explained in clear, easy-to-understand language, and problems are worked out with step-by-step methods that are easy to follow. Each lesson comes with numerous review questions and answer keynotes that explain each correct answer and why it's correct. The Homework Helpers Series is just what students need to boost their confidence and give them the help they need to ace even the most challenging classes.

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Modern chemistry: Volume 1: Theoretical chemistry

William Ramsay, "Modern chemistry: Volume 1: Theoretical chemistry".

Adamant Media Corporation | 2002 | ISBN: 0543689786 | 140 pages | PDF | 12,9 MB

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1900 edition by J. M. Dent & Co., London.

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Portable Dizzy

Portable Dizzy 1.11.4 | 19 Mb

Dizzy is a chemical kinetics simulation software package written in the Java programming language. It provides a model definition environment and an implementation of the Gillespie, Gibson-Bruck, and Tau-Leap stochastic algorithms, as well as several ordinary differential equation (ODE) solvers. Dizzy is capable of importing and exporting the SBML model definition language, as well as graphically displaying models using the Cytoscape software system. The various simulation engines can be used to solve the dynamics of a kinetic model from specified initial data. A model consists of a system of interacting chemical species, and the reactions through which they interact. When a model is solved, the results can be plotted, displayed in tabular format, or saved to a file.

Portable 'Dizzy 1.11.4' does not require installation. Make as many copies as you need. Carry it in a flash drive and use on any computer, even without administrator access. No change of any setting on the host computer. No more conflicts with other applications. No more 'hijacking' of file types.

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Portable Cain

Portable Cain 0.12 | 27 Mb

Cain performs stochastic and deterministic simulations of chemical reactions. It stores models, simulation parameters, and simulation results in an XML format. In addition, SBML models can be imported and exported. The models and simulation parameters can be read from input files or edited within the program. Portable Cain does not require installation. Make as many copies as you need. Carry it in a flash drive and use on any computer, even without administrator access. No change of any setting on the host computer. No more conflicts with other applications. No more 'hijacking' of file types.

Cain offers a variety of solvers:

Gillespie's direct method.

Gillespie's first reaction method.

Gibson and Bruck's next reaction method.

Tau-leaping.

Hybrid direct/tau-leaping.

ODE integration.

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Interpreting Infrared, Raman, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra: Two-Volume Set by: Richard A. Nyquis

Interpreting Infrared, Raman, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra: Two-Volume Set

by: Richard A. Nyquist
Publisher: Academic Press | 10 May 2001 | ISBN: 0125234759 | Pages: 1104 | PDF | 27.9 MB

This book teaches the analyst why it is advantageous to obtain vibrational data under different physical phases. Molecular vibrations are affected by change in physical phase, and knowledge of how certain molecular vibrations are affected by change in the chemical environment improves the analyst's ability to solve complex chemical problems.

This book is invaluable for students and scientists engaged in analytical and organic chemistry, since application of IR and Raman spectroscopy is essential in identifying and verifying molecular structure.

This reference provides analysts with information that enables them to acquire the maximum amount of information when sampling molecular vibrations via IR and Raman spectroscopy.

Key Features
* Explains why it is advantageous to obtain vibrational data under different physical phases
* Compiles many vibrational studies into a single compendium
* Lists group frequencies in different physical phases
* Reveals that some group frequencies are more affected than others by changes in the physical phase
* Demonstrates that in-phase and out-of-phase vibrations of the same functional group are not equally affected
* Describes how solute-solvent complexes differ with changes in the solvent system
* Shows that the amount of Fermi resonance between a fundamental vibration and a combination or overtone is altered with change of physical phase
* Written by an internationally recognized expert.

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Understanding Mass Spectra

Martin Smith, «Understanding Mass Spectra: A Basic Approach» 2 Edition

Wiley-Interscience | ISBN 047142949X | 2004 Year | PDF | 3,11 Mb | 392 Pages

Understanding Mass Spectra: A Basic Approach, Second Edition[/i] combines coverage of the principles underlying mass spectral analysis with clear guidelines on how to apply them in a laboratory setting. Completely revised from the first edition, an updated and unified approach to mass spectral interpretation emphasizes the application of basic principles from undergraduate organic, analytical, and physical chemistry courses. A detailed overview of theory and instrumentation, this useful guide features:
• step-by-step descriptions of interpretative strategies;
• convenient lists and tables detailing the information needed to solve unknowns;
• real-world case studies and examples;
• skill-building problems with clearly explained answers;
• easy-to-follow explanations of the important mathematical derivations.

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Elements of X-ray Diffraction

Elements of X-ray Diffraction.
By B. D. Cullity

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Number Of Pages:
• Publication Date: 1956-01-01
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: B000NRZ488
• ISBN-13 / EAN:

Intended to acquaint the reader with the theory of x-ray diffraction, the experimental methods involved, and the main applications. The book is a collection of principles and methods stressing X-ray diffraction rather than metallurgy. The book is written entirely in terms of the Bragg law and can be read without any knowledge of the reciprocal lattice. It is divided into three main parts--Fundamentals; experimental methods; and applications. Designed for beginners, not as a reference tool for the advanced reader.

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British Pharmacopoeia 2009

British Pharmacopoeia 2009.
By British Pharmacopoeia Commission

• Publisher: Stationery Office (U.K.)
• Number Of Pages: 3500
• Publication Date: 2008-08-15
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 011322799X
• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780113227990

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"The British Pharmacopoeia" ("BP") 2009 is the authoritative, current collection of standards for UK medicinal substances and the official source of all UK pharmaceutical quality standards. It is an essential reference for anyone involved in pharmaceutical research, development, manufacture and testing, and plays a vital role in ensuring that all medicinal substances on the UK market meet standards of safety, quality and efficacy.The "BP" comprises monographs, which set out the mandatory standards for active substances, excipients and formulated preparations, together with supporting General Notices, Appendices (test methods, reagents, etc) and Reference Spectra. Detailed information and guidance on various aspects of current pharmacopoeial policy and practice are provided in the Supplementary Chapters of the "BP".The "BP" is supplied in a variety of formats designed for ease of use and a wide range of applications. The hard copy edition comprises a five-volume boxed set containing the "BP" in four volumes and the "BP" (Veterinary) volume, plus single user access to the "BP" Online, the dedicated BP website. The online format is easy to network, allowing access for a specified number of users or across an entire organisation site.Following registration - using the ID code supplied with the hard copy - customers will be granted a single user licence to access BP on-line and will have the option to receive the CD-ROM, which contains the whole of the current "British Pharmacopoeia".It is effective as of 1 January 2009. It includes: a significant number of new UK monographs; all "European Pharmacopoeia 6th Edition" material up to and including "Supplement 6.2" integrated into the text of "BP 2009"; new and revised monographs for Complementary, Herbal and Homoeopathic medicines with their own section in Volume III; and networking with full technical support from TSO, the publisher of the "BP". The on-line version delivers the complete text of the "British Pharmacopoeia and European Pharmacopoeia" standards to your PC. The new features include an alphabetical index, user-friendly search interface design, and a facility to create a 'My BP' section." British Pharmacopoeia 2009" eBook - "The complete British Pharmacopoeia 2009" is now available exclusively to "BP 2009" purchasers in an innovative new format. The eBook is greatly suited to this large reference text making the information contained within it available to all of those who wish to access it on the move and away from their desks.British Pharmacopoeia 2009 Concurrent Licence (Online) - "The British Pharmacopoeia" is available as a network licence which can be used on a concurrent user basis. It allows a designated number of staff simultaneous access to the online version of the "British Pharmacopoeia 2009". Once set up, your workforce can then start using the BP at their convenience.

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