This book describes the relationship between plasma processes and the many industrial applications, examines in detail plasma processing in the electronics industry, highlights the scientific foundation underlying this technology, and ...

The regulation of public exposures to such technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulatory and advisory organizations is the subject of this ...

Drawing upon case studies from manufacturing and structural monitoring and involving chemical and long wave-length infrared sensors, this book suggests an approach that frames the relevant technical issues in such a way as to expedite the ...

Advanced energetic materialsâ€"explosive fill and propellantsâ€"are a critical technology for national security.

Twenty-one papers from the symposium held in Riksgrasen, Sweden, May 1989, present the latest in skiing injury prevention, addressing: the knee, skiing injury statistics, the ski boot, the ski, and education and behavior.

This book provides a vision for ICME, a review of case studies and lessons learned, an analysis of technological barriers, and an evaluation of ways to overcome cultural and organizational challenges to develop the discipline.

Designed for geologists and engineers engaged specifically in the search for gold deposits of all types and as a reference for academics in higher schools of learning, Handbook of gold exploration and evaluation provides principles and ...

This book seeks both to set out the challenges and opportunities facing those who discover new crystalline materials and grow large crystals and to chart a way for the United States to reinvigorate its efforts and thereby return to a ...

This important book provides a comprehensive account of the advances that have occurred in fire science in relation to a broad range of materials.