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Crystallography of the Polymethylene Chain: An Inquiry into the Structure of Waxes.


TP670

2004-024145

0-19-852908-2

Crystallography of the polymethylene chain; an inquiry into the structure of waxes.

Dorset, Douglas L. (International Union of Crystallography The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and exists to serve the world community of crystallographers. See also
X-ray crystallography

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 book series; 17)

Oxford U. Press, [c]2005

232 p.

$169.50

A researcher for a major petroleum corporation, Dorset takes the waxes as a case study for investigating the solid state of multi-component linear chain assemblies, which also include polymers, lipid arrays, detergents, and edible fats Noun 1. edible fat - oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue
cracklings - the crisp residue left after lard has been rendered
. The wax molecules themselves are not very complex, he explains, so the rules for their association in the solid state can be uncovered from the geometric rules governing the assembly of van der Waals surfaces. He overviews the scientific literature on solidified so·lid·i·fy  
v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies

v.tr.
1. To make solid, compact, or hard.

2. To make strong or united.

v.intr.
 waxes as thoroughly as he can up to April 2004, especially evaluating the model for wax chain assemblies proposed by Le Roux Roux , Pierre Paul Émile 1853-1933.

French bacteriologist. His work with the diphtheria bacillus led to the development of antitoxins to neutralize pathogenic toxins.
 and Loubser in 1980, but also considering newer studies that take advantage of electron crystallography Electron crystallography is a method to determine the arrangement of atoms in solids using an electron microscope. It can complement X-ray crystallography on proteins, such as membrane proteins, that cannot easily form the large 3-dimensional crystals required for that process. .
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