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Supcercritical CO2 extraction solves a lot of problemsI am wondering why there is no stronger interest from industry for this technology, because up to now only few plants of industrial scale are operated with this technology, although a lot of research work has been done up to now.
I hope that this book rises the interest for this very actual and profitable technology. I am doing research in high pressure extraction for more than 10 years but it is very difficult to pursade the industrial partner to introduce such a plant in their companies.
I want to gratulate the author for this very detailed and good understandable book.
Thomas Gamse


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Best primer on purifying liquids & gases with act.carbon.

Informative and surprisingly easy to read and understandIn the early 1970s onwards Professor Grove set about with a group of fellow scientists, religious zealots, curious hangers-on and an assortment of faithful doubters to use this new technique in a scientific manner to prove the worth of carbon dating. And what better than a piece of historical enigma to use this new discovery on other than the Turin Shroud?
This book follows Professor Grove through the many years of negotiation it took before the Vatican finally allowed the controversial experiment to go ahead.
In parts this book is highly technical but Professor Grove manages to make himself and the theory behind Carbon dating understood. He is never sentimental but I picked up on a quiet unspoken faith he has in both the scientific and the religious and he comes across as man who somehow manages to balance these diametrically opposed modes of thought in a coherent and sensible way..
This is both a good read, surprisingly quite humorous in parts as well as being a technical masterpiece which anyone with a leaning toward academia will appreciate. Worth getting out from your local library if the cost is too prohibitive.


THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CARBON NANOTUBESThe following three chapters treat various essential aspects of carbon nanotubes. M. Yumura deals with synthesis and purification of nanotubes. Their electron diffraction and microscopy is described by S. Amelinckx et al. The third chapter in this block, written by T. Hanada et al., discusses electron energy loss spectroscopy as a tool for nanotube structural studies.
The group of the next five chapters is devoted to more specific aspects of nanotube structure and behavior. Electronic structure of single-walled nanotubes is analyzed in a theoretical chapter by K. Tanaka et al. The following chapter from R. Saito et al. deals with phonon structure and Raman effect of single-walled nanotubes. Contribution from H. Ajiki and T. Ando describes behavior of single-walled nanotubes in magnetic fields. M. Kosaka and K. Tanigaki report on electronic properties of nanotubes probed by magnetic measurements. The last chapter of this block is written be F. Bommeli et al. and deals with optical spectra of nanotubes.
The last block of five papers is already closer to potential applications. The contribution by J.-P. Issi and J.-C. Charlier, actually the longest chapter of the volume, discusses experimental and theoretical aspects of electrical transport in nanotubes. The following chapter from D. Ugarte et al. deals with capillarity phenomena in nanotubes. Contribution written by H. W. Kroto et al. describes large-scale synthesis of nanotubes by pyrolysis. S. Yoshimura discusses nanotubes as a novel pi-electron material and their possible technological applications. The closing chapter by H. Ago and T. Yamabe surveys the present research and application frontiers.
The nicely-produced book gives all this on 191 pages. The chapters are written by leading experts, concentrate on their respective fields of expertise, and are oriented towards advanced researchers rather than to students.
ISBN: 0 08 042696 4


Supercarbon : Synthesis, Properties and Applicationsin Springer Series in Materials Science and is
based on updated and expanded proceedings of the
International Workshop on pi-Electron Materials
held at the Northwestern University, Evanston in
August 1996. The workshop was co-organized
by the Japan Science and Technology Corporation
(JST) in commemoration of the Yoshimura
pi-Electron Materials Project, one of Japanese
national projects within the JST ERATO program.
The volume is opened with introductory and closed
with summary chapter by S. Yoshimura, placing
the topics into a wide context of materials science
and outlining future developments. The main body
of the volume is divided in four parts.
The section named Overview consists of
two beautiful chapters. One is from M. S. Dresselhaus
and surveys various forms of carbon. The other
chapter is written by R. E. Smalley and deals
with crystalline ropes of metallic carbon
nanotubes.
The next specialized part, Synthesis and Properties
of New pi-Electron Materials 1 - Carbon Nanotubes,
starts with a contribution by R. P. H. Chang
et al. on formation of nanotubes, nanowires,
and nanoparticles in a hydrogen arc. The following
chapter is more theoretical - the geometry of
multishell nanotubes is treated by S. Amelinckx
and B. Bernaerts. Catalytic synthesis of carbon
nanotubes, especially catalyzed by supported cobalt
and iron, is discussed in an article by
D. Bernaerts et al. The following contribution
from M. Yudasaka and R. Kikuchi similarly treats
graphitization of carbonaceous materials by Ni, Co and
Fe. Article by S. Yoshimura, R. P. H. Chang et al.
concentrates on intercalation into multiwall
carbon nanotubes and required specific reaction
conditions. The last chapter of this part,
written by R. P. H. Chang, S. Yoshimura et al.,
deals with evidence for quantum transport in carbon
nanotube bundles.
The following specialized part is entitled Synthesis
and Properties of New pi-Electron Materials 2 - New
Carbons and Graphites and opens with a report from S. Tanuma
on synthesis and structure of quasi-one-dimensional carbon
crystal - carbolite, and its intercalation properties.
T. Enoki supplies a chapter on novel carbon-based
host-guest systems with He, H2 and O2 as guest
materials. Carbonaceous mesophase formation and molecular
composition of petroleum feedstocks are discussed in a more
applied article by S. Eser. The last chapter of
this part is from Y. Ohki and reports preparation and
properties of several new pi-electron materials.
The last specialized section, Applications of New
pi-Electron Materials, is opened with a report
on a strategy for preparing defect-minimized fullerene
monolayers written by W. B. Caldwell and C. A. Mirkin.
S. Yoshimura et al. deal with carbonaceous thin
film produced by CVD and its application for
photovoltaic cells. N. Yamada reports photoluminiscence
from carbon/silica gel nanocomposite. Finally,
S. Otani et al. describe how carbon materials
promote growth of certain bacteria.
The book extends over 250 pages, is supplied with 150
figures, and has a very pleasant lay-out. The volume
is certainly an excellent contribution to carbon-based
materials science and should find its way into every
library of the field.
ISBN: 3-540-64379-6
