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Chemical Technology

Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.



Issue 10


October, 2007, Issue 10

Instant Insight

A lustred ceramic fragment

Instant insight: Science and art in harmony

24 September 2007

Marc Aucouturier and Evelyne Darque-Ceretti illustrate the benefit of a multidisciplinary approach to preserving our cultural heritage.


Interview

David Saunders

Interview: Chemical conservation

18 September 2007

David Saunders explains to Joanne Thomson how chemistry can be used to preserve ancient artefacts


Application Highlights

Volcanic ash

Sizing up the danger of volcanic ash

05 September 2007

Analysing the grain size of volcanic ash particles might provide a quick and easy way to calculate their potential threat to human health, according to a British scientist.


Water droplets

Wet, not wet, wet

06 September 2007

Bored of bath-cleaning? Wearied by window-washing?


The diamond ultramicroelectrode

Diamonds are for electron microscopy

28 September 2007

A team of UK scientists has developed a way of controlling the chemical vapour deposition of diamond to uniformly coat ultramicroelectrodes.


Nuclear explosion

Finding fission by-products

13 September 2007

Researchers in Canada have developed a method for the rapid ultra-trace measurement of strontium 90 in environmental samples.


2-Ethylhexanal

Organic synthesis goes supercritical

07 September 2007

Swiss chemists have developed a greener and more efficient way of making an industrially important aldehyde.


Density scan of a tooth

The phantom of the bone scanners

14 September 2007

Research by Swiss scientists could open the way to better diagnosis and treatment for osteoporosis sufferers.


Schematic of the catalytic process

Membranes do the trick

20 September 2007

Researchers in the UK and New Zealand have shown that using a membrane could help catalysts operating in the same system work more efficiently.


Essential Elements

And the winner is...

Months of hard work were rewarded recently as RSC Project Prospect was named as winner of the 2007 ALPSP/Charlesworth Award for Publishing Innovation.


You say, we display!

You told us that you wanted direct access to the latest research. Now, thanks to the latest update of the RSC Journals website, that's exactly what we are delivering.


And finally...

We are pleased to announce that the RSC eBook Collection has been updated to include the first set of 2007 titles.


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