Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry (5th edition)

This one‐volume encyclopedia is a substantial revision of the fourth edition (1984) with more than 75 per cent new text. Much of this is as a result of the inclusion of new and developing areas of chemistry such as green chemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology. Topics to which particular emphasis has been given include advanced processes, strategic raw materials, chemistry of metals, energy sources and conversion, wastes and pollution, analytical instrumentation, food chemicals, structure of matter, new materials, plant chemistry, and biochemistry and biotechnology. Otherwise the encyclopedia encompasses pure chemistry (inorganic and organic), many areas of applications of chemistry, chemical industry...