Chemistry, lawns

Lawn RE, Thompson M, Walker RF (1993) Proficiency testing in analytical chemistry. Royal Society of Chemistry, London... 

Barwick, V., Burke, S., Lawn, R., Roper, P. and Walker, R., Applications of Reference Materials in Analytical Chemistry, ISBN 0-85404-448-5, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2001. 

This does not necessarily mean, however, that the risks of lawn care are necessary or inherent to the larger lawn economy. The continued innovation of treatments, after all, is generally hailed by industry as a victory for chemistry that has led to decreased risk. DDT is arguably less hazardous than lead arsenate, or at least more efficient. Discovery of the hazards of DDT led to less persistent chemicals. Glyphosate is likely more benign than 2,4-D, and so on. 

Iskander, F. Y. (1994). Measurements of 27 elements in garden and lawn fertilizers using instrumental neutron-activation. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry-Articles 180(1) 25-28. 

Marielle Brinkman and her colleagues at the Battelle Memorial Institute do some of the analytical chemistry described in this book work that demonstrates that lawn chemicals do not stay put. Not only has her work on public health and safety been an inspiration, but her carrying it out in a laboratory institution otherwise known for developing weapons of mass destruction is a wonder. She is a well-hidden but paramount example of those Donna Haraway has called allies in the laboratory. 

Henry F. Schaefer III, Quantum Chemistry The Development of Ab Initio Methods in Molecular Electronic Structure Theory, Oxford University Press, Fair Lawn, NJ, 1984. Don DeVault, Quantum-Mechanical Tunneling in Biological Systems, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, New York, 1984. 

Albert, A., Heterocyclic Chemistry, p. 268, Essential Books, Fair Lawn,... 

All solvents and chemicals were HPLC grade. Organic solvents, sodium carbonate (anhydrous), and sodium bicarbonate were purchased from Fisher Scientific (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA). Carbonate buffer, pH = 10.0, was prepared using the sodium carbonate (anhydrous), and sodium bicarbonate. A solution of 0.1 % triethylamine in methanol was made for the elution solvent. Diethylcarbamazine citrate was obtained from Sigma, and used to make stock solutions (St. Louis, MO, USA). The internal standard, 1-diethylcarbamyl-4-ethylpiperazine (E-DEC) was synthesized by the Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry at the University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy. Ultra-pure analytical grade Type I water was produced by a Milli-Q Plus water system (Millipore Corporation, Bedford, MA, USA). For the extraction of DEC and of its internal standard, Alltech Extract - Clean C18 cartridges, 500 mg with a 2.8 mL reservoir, and a SPE vacuum manifold (Alltech, Deerfield, IL, USA) were used. 

R. E. Lawn, M. Thompson and R. F. Walker, Proficiency Testing in Analytical Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1997, ISBN 0 85404 432 9. 

Barwick V, Burke S, Lawn R, Roper P, Walker R (2001) Applications of reference materials in analytical chemistry. LGC, Teddington, UK. 

This was the first international conference on the chemical sciences ever to be held on the beautifijl campus of the University of Nairobi. The Conference Centre provided excellent facilities, and these were supplemented by tents set up on the lawns, from which refreshments and meals were provided. Thirty chemistry undergraduates from the University of Nairobi also attended and brought a fresh and lively presence to the conference. Nine of them, easily identified by their RSC T-shirts, helped wilii a variety of tasks throughout the conference. 

The action of a beakerful of hot nitric acid on half a pound of sugar is one of the fantastic sights in elementary chemistry and to watch it is an astonishing experience I have known it to interrupt a nearby game of lawn tennis. 

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