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Environmental Contamination by Heavy Metals

By Vhahangwele Masindi and Khathutshelo L. Muedi

Part of the book: Heavy Metals

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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Natural Fibres

By Mizi Fan, Dasong Dai and Biao Huang

Part of the book: Fourier Transform

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Basics of Clay Minerals and Their Characteristic Properties

By Neeraj Kumari and Chandra Mohan

Part of the book: Clay and Clay Minerals

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Cellulose-Derivatives-Based Hydrogels as Vehicles for Dermal and Transdermal Drug Delivery

By Lavinia Vlaia, Georgeta Coneac, Ioana Olariu, Vicenţiu Vlaia and Dumitru Lupuleasa

Part of the book: Emerging Concepts in Analysis and Applications of Hydrogels

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Cold Sintering: A New Sintering Technology for Advanced Ceramic Materials

By Chunchun Li, Guobin Zhu, Xiaowei Zhu and Siyu Xiong

Part of the book: Advanced Ceramic Materials

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Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) in Advanced Ceramics Production

By Pouria Dehghani, Seyed Salman Seyed Afghahi and Farshad Soleimani

Part of the book: Advanced Ceramic Materials

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Ionic Liquid as Green Solvent for Ring-Opening Graft Polymerizaion of ε-Caprolactone onto Hemicelluloses

By X.Q. Zhang, M.J. Chen, H.H. Wang, X.X. Wen, C.F. Liu and R.C. Sun

Part of the book: Ionic Liquids

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