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BOOKSHELF Micellar catalysis The author is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the University of Malaya.
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MN Khan, 2006, CRC Press, (Website: http://www.crcpress.com), ISBN 1-57444-490-5, 482 pp, £99
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Progress in olefin polymerization catalysts and polyolefin materials
The chemistry of the actinide and transactinide elements, vol 5
Proceedings of the first Asian Polyolefin Workshop, Nara, Japan, Dec 2005. Forty five papers, mostly from Japan.
This volume has a 102-page chapter by CJ Burns and MS Eisen entitled Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes Promoted by the Actinides. There are extensive references.
T Shiono, K Nomura and M Terano (Eds), Elsevier, Amsterdam, Radarweg 29, 1043 NX, the Netherlands, 2006, ISBN 0-444-52751-6, 282 pp, £115
LR Morss, NM Edelstein and J Fuger (Eds), 2006, Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, ISBN 1-40203555-1, 3473 pp, single volume price not available
22-23 May 2007
5th World Olefins Conference Antwerp, Belgium Amy Fergusson, ICIS Conferences Tel: +44 (0)20 8652 8373 E-mail: amy.fergusson.icis.com
17-22 June 2007
20th North American Catalysis Society Meeting Houston, TX, USA Meeting Solutions Inc, 111 S Calvert Street, Suite 2700, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA Tel: +1 410 385 5638 Fax: +1 410 539 2616
18-20 July 2007
Symposium on Applied Catalysis Glasgow, Scotland The annual meeting of the RSC Surface Reactivity and Catalysis Group Email:
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