This text includes statistical data and observations of cultures in Oceania. For each culture, it examines its history, settlements, economy, cultural relations, land tenure kinship, marriage and family, religion and sociopolitical organization.

This text includes statistical data and observations of cultures in North America. For each culture, it examines its history, settlements, economy, cultural relations, land tenure kinship, marriage and family, religion and sociopolitical organization.

Polyvinylacetate and vinyl acetate-acrylic copolymer lattices are very important in adhesives, paint, binders for non-wovens, paper and textile additive industries, and many related industries; their production is growing steadily both in actual quantities and different applications. The book is written primarily as an introduction for researchers and as a guide to anyone who wishes to use it in applied work. Throughout the book, considerable attention is devoted to experimental aspects and as such should also serve as a useful reference source.

Highlighting new instrumentation and experimental techniques-including high-throughput experimentation and combinatorial approaches-that are being employed to observe chemical reactions and molecular properties at the nanoscale, leading scientists from a diverse range of fields reveal new insights into the surface chemistry of catalysts and the reaction mechanisms that actually occur during catalysis. From fundamental concepts to future directions, Surface and Nanomolecular Catalysis offers a well-rounded compilation of noteworthy developments which will continue to expand and transform our understanding of catalysis, particularly in the context of clean energy and environmental applications such as fuel cells.

A realization of recent clean energy initiatives, fluidized bed combustion (FBC) has quickly won industry preference due to its ability to burn materials as diverse as low-grade coals, biomass, and industrial and municipal waste. Fluidized Bed Combustion catalogs the fundamental physical and chemical processes required of bubbling fluidized beds before launching into application-centered coverage of hot-gas generator, incinerator, and boiler concepts and design, calculations for regime parameters and dimensions, and all aspects of FBC operation. It enumerates the environmental consequences of fluidized bed processes and proposes measures to reduce the formation of harmful emissions.