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McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of chemistry. Concise encyclopedia of chemistry - New York : McGraw-Hill, 2004. - viii, 663 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references.

Equivalents of commonly used units for the U.S. customary system and the metric system -- Conversion factors for the U.S. customary system, metric system, and international system -- Defining fixed points of the international temperature scale of 1990 (ITS-90) -- Primary thermometry methods -- Principal spectral regions and fields of spectroscopy -- Recommended values (2002) of selected fundamental constants -- Electromagnetic spectrum -- Standard atomic weights -- Biographical listing.

Alphabetically arranged entries provide a comprehensive overview of the field of chemistry, offering information on key figures, theories, discoveries, advances, terms, and concepts.

ISBN: 0071439536 (acid-free paper) 9780071439534 (acid-free paper)

LCCN: 2004049906

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA4-X5582

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101231782 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chemistry--Encyclopedias.
Chemistry--English.--Encyclopedias
Chemie.
Chemistry--Encyclopedias.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
W�orterbuch.

LC Class. No.: REF QD 4 / .M34 2004