The Latest Science & Engineering Handbooks available on Knovel. To Sign Up for alerts, click here

Knovel's newest titles in August include additions in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Electronics and Semiconductors and Food Science as well as new Interactive Content in Oil & Gas and Safety & Industrial Hygiene.

To get Knovel's New Titles Alert via RSS Feed click here.

Interactive Content Updates

Gas Well Testing Handbook

Gas Well Testing Handbook
By: Chaudhry, Amanat U.
Elsevier © 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7506-7705-9

Oil & Gas

This newly interactive title deals exclusively with theory and practice of gas well testing, pressure transient analysis techniques, and analytical methods required to interpret well behavior in a given reservoir and evaluate reservoir quality, simulation efforts, and forecast producing capacity. The main emphasis is on practical field application, where 29 interactive graphs and over 100 field examples are presented to illustrate basic methods for analysis. This is a good handbook for drilling engineers, well logging engineers, reservoir engineers, and students.
Radiation Protection for Particle Accelerator Facilities: (Report No. 144)

Radiation Protection for Particle Accelerator Facilities: (Report No. 144)
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) © 2003
ISBN: 978-0-929600-77-2

Safety & Industrial Hygiene

This Report provides design guidelines for radiation protection, and identifies those aspects of radiological safety that are of major importance to the operation of particle accelerator installations and to suggests methods by which safe operation may be achieved. It has been updated with 22 new interactive tables, and 90 new interactive Graphs illustrating various subjects such as Proton Range, Yield of Photoneutrons, Fraction of Total Energy, and Absorbed Dose.
Petrophysics - Theory and Practice of Measuring Reservoir Rock and Fluid Transport Properties (2nd Edition)

Petrophysics - Theory and Practice of Measuring Reservoir Rock and Fluid Transport Properties (2nd Edition)
By: Tiab, Djebbar; Donaldson, Erle C.
Elsevier © 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7506-7711-0

Oil & Gas

A manual for petroleum geologists and engineers who must have a working knowledge of petrophysics. It provides much-needed calculations and formulas on fluid flow, rock properties, and many other topics encoutered daily. Includes 12 new interactive graphs and 2 new interactive tables.
 

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering & Electronics & Semiconductors

Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Reagents, Auxiliaries and Catalysts for C-C Bond Formation

Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Reagents, Auxiliaries and Catalysts for C-C Bond Formation
Edited by Coates, Robert M.; Denmark, Scott E.
John Wiley & Sons © 1999
ISBN: 978-0-471-97924-1

Provides practical and concise information on a diverse group of reagents. Contains over 200 entries and 22 classes based on their chemical structures and function.
Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Acidic and Basic Reagents

Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Acidic and Basic Reagents
Edited by Reich, Hans J.; Rigby, James H.
John Wiley & Sons © 1999
ISBN: 978-0-471-97925-8

Presents a selection of articles on the most fundamental and versatile reagents for effecting organic transformations that were originally included in EROS.
Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Activating Agents and Protecting Groups

Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Activating Agents and Protecting Groups
Edited by Pearson, Anthony J.; Roush, William R.
John Wiley & Sons © 1999
ISBN: 978-0-471-97927-2

This book deals with the most popular reagents in synthesis to the laboratory of practising organic chemists. The reagents included in this volume reflect the fact that protecting groups and activation procedures are often used in combination.
Linear Polyurethanes - Synthesis Methods, Chemical Structures, Properties and Applications

Linear Polyurethanes - Synthesis Methods, Chemical Structures, Properties and Applications
Authored by Król, Piotr
VSP - An imprint of BRILL © 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16124-5

Describes the mechanisms of the diisocyanates and polyols polyaddition process as well as its kinetic and process aspects important for obtaining linear polyurethanes. The book also contains information on urethane-isocyanate prepolymers applications, which are potential semifinished products for elastomers, foams, coatings, adhesives and interpenetrating polymer network composites.
Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Oxidizing and Reducing Agents

Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Oxidizing and Reducing Agents
Edited by Burke, Steven D.; Danheiser, Rick L
John Wiley & Sons © 1999
ISBN: 978-0-471-97926-5

Provides the synthetic chemist with a convenient compendium of information concentrating on the most important and frequently employed reagents for the oxidation and reduction of organic compounds.
Developments in Surface Contamination and Cleaning - Fundamentals and Applied Aspects
 
Developments in Surface Contamination and Cleaning - Fundamentals and Applied Aspects
Edited by Kohli, Rajiv; Mittal, K.L.
William Andrew Publishing © 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8155-1555-5
An excellent resource for research & development, manufacturing, quality control and procurement specification personnel in many and diversified industries; such as microelectronics, aerospace, optics, xerography, joining (adhesive bonding), and biomedical. Academia and government will also find this book an excellent source.

Food Science

Fruit and Vegetable Flavour - Recent Advances and Future Prospects

Fruit and Vegetable Flavour - Recent Advances and Future Prospects
Edited by Brückner, Bernhard; Wyllie, S. Grant
Woodhead Publishing © 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4200-7600-4

Consumer acceptance of food is highly dependent on flavour. This important book reviews the chemical basis of fruit and vegetable flavour and current methods for improving the flavour of fruit and vegetable products.
Improving the Flavour of Cheese

Improving the Flavour of Cheese
Edited by Weimer, Bart C.
Woodhead Publishing © 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8493-9158-3

Provides a unique review of emerging techniques and ideas to control the flavour of cheese and includes coverage of modelling, defining, and measuring cheese flavor as well as case studies for hard, soft-ripened, and low-fat cheeses.
Delivery and Controlled Release of Bioactives in Foods and Nutraceuticals

Delivery and Controlled Release of Bioactives in Foods and Nutraceuticals
Edited by Garti, Nissim
Woodhead Publishing © 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4200-7436-9

Active ingredients in foods must remain fully functional for as long as necessary and be transported and discharged appropriately to have the desired nutritional effect. Delivery and controlled release systems are an essential way to achieve these aims. This important book reviews how to optimize these systems to maximize the health-promoting properties of food products.
Modifying Flavour in Food

Modifying Flavour in Food
Edited by Taylor, Andrew; Hort, Joanne
Woodhead Publishing © 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4200-4389-1

A unique reference for manufacturers and scientists concerned with flavour modification.This book discusses technologies which improve flavour such as white biotechnology, the development of yeast flavor enhancers and the formulation of flavorsome low fat food.

Understanding and Controlling the Microstructure of Complex Foods

Understanding and Controlling the Microstructure of Complex Foods
McClements, D. Julian
Woodhead Publishing © 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4200-6573-2

This book provides a review of current understanding of significant aspects of food structure and methods for its control. It begins with coverage of the fundamental structural elements present in foods and the forces which hold them together, discusses novel analytical techniques which can provide information on the morphology and behaviour of food materials.
Food Science and Technology Bulletin - Functional Foods, Volume 4

Food Science and Technology Bulletin - Functional Foods, Vol. 4
Edited by Gibson, Glenn R.
International Food Information Service (IFIS Publishing) © 2008
ISBN: 978-0-86014-175-4

Designed to meet the current-awareness needs of busy food professionals working in food science and technology. Consists of minireviews, of approximately 5000 words, each written by a scientist who is an expert in their field of research.


Questions or comments? Use the contact information below to email us.

 

www.knovel.com marketing@knovel.com

Knovel Corporation Copyright © 2008. View our privacy policy.

489 5th Ave • 9th Fl • New York, NY • 10017