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DNQ—novolac resist chemistry has proved to have remarkable dexibiUty and extendibiUty. First introduced for printing appHcations, DNQ—novolac resists have been available since the eady 1960s in formulations intended for electronics appHcations. At present, most semiconductor manufacturing processes employ this resist chemistry. Careful contemporary research and engineering support the continuing refinement of this family of materials. 

Natural and synthetic chemicals affect every phase of our daily Hves ia both good and noxious manners. The noxious effects of certain substances have been appreciated siace the time of the ancient Greeks. However, it was not until the sixteenth century that certain principles of toxicology became formulated as a result of the thoughts of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim-Paracelsus (1493—1541). Among a variety of other achievements, he embodied the basis for contemporary appreciation of dose—response relationships ia his often paraphrased dictum "Only the dose makes a poison."... 

After all, even in the first case we deal with the interaction of an electron belonging to the gas particle with all the electrons of the crystal. However, this formulation of the problem already represents a second step in the successive approximations of the surface interaction. It seems that this more or less exact formulation will have to be considered until the theoretical methods are available to describe the behavior both of the polyatomic molecules and the metal crystal separately, starting from the first principles. In other words, a crude model of the metal, as described earlier, constructed without taking into account the chemical reactivity of the surface, would be in this general approach (in the contemporary state of matter) combined with a relatively precise model of the polyatomic molecule (the adequacy of which has been proved in the reactivity calculations of the homogeneous reactions). 

Embed in Vestopal W. More contemporary embedding procedures would include Spurr s or Epon embedding media. The protocols for both Spurr s and Polybed (a recent em formulation) use can be found in a variety of EM books (see Chapter 1). In addition, these protocols accompany the commercially available kits. 

Robert Boyle was the first to formulate a relationship between p and V. Boyle was a contemporary of the greatest scientist the world has ever seen, the 17th-century physicist Sir Isaac Newton. Boyle s law was discovered in 1660, and states... 

When Dunham [4,5] presented formula 8 for vibration-rotational terms, he derived a functional V + V2 explicitly because in his JBKW formulation the addend V2 results from exact solution of an integral. In contrast, Dunham assumed a functional K(K+l), equivalent to /(/- -1) in contemporary notation, to contain a quantum number K, now J, for rotational angular momentum. To generate an effective potential energy comprising both internuclear potential... 

The short list of chemicals represents only a small fraction of the inputs applied throughout North America. Lindane, malathion, MCPP, metolachlor, metribuzin, oryzalin, pendimethalin, and pronamide are just a few other of the dozens of formulations for insect and weed control available at any hardware or home maintenance store. All of them are toxic to some degree or another, and question marks hang over many of them as to the risk they may pose for people and the ambient environment. The potential hazards of each of the chemicals described above hints at the range of contemporary hazards associated with lawn care. 

The range of economic products necessary for managing the contemporary lawn is mind-boggling. The economy includes, but is by no means restricted to, power and nonpower tool makers, seed growers, turf farms, raw chemical producers and chemical formulators, the retail outlets that supply many of these goods, the global workshops that produce them, and the offices that imagine, execute, and advertise their diverse forms. 

The term cosmochemistry apparently derives from the work of Victor Goldschmidt (Fig. 1.6), who is often described as the father of geochemistry. This is yet another crossover and, in truth, Goldschmidt also established cosmochemistry as a discipline. In 1937 he published a cosmic abundance table based on the proportions of elements in meteorites. He used the term cosmic because, like his contemporaries, he believed that meteorites were interstellar matter. Chemist William Harkins (1873-1951) had formulated an earlier (1917) table of elemental abundances - arguably the first cosmochemistry paper, although he did not use that term. As explained in Chapter 3, the term solar system abundance is now preferred over cosmic abundance, although the terms are often used interchangeably. 

Considering the full scope of many applications, traditional color matching has not provided a total solution for color matching. With the addition of the many-flux theory, and spectral matching, contemporary color-matching systems are the next step in providing a total solution for color formulation. 

As mentioned in Chapter 2, zinc phosphate dental cements were discovered over a century ago, and their development has continued since then [1-9]. A brief history of this development is given in that chapter. For a detailed history of these cements and properties of contemporary formulations, the reader is referred to the book by Wilson and Nicholson [10]. Because, the kinetics of formation of these cements has not been discussed in these earlier publications, we will emphasize it in this chapter and present the earlier work in light of the solubility characteristics of zinc oxide and its products in an acid phosphate solution. 

The effect of ophthalmic ointments on the healing of corneal wounds has been studied. Early formulations of ophthalmic ointments contained waxy grades of petrolatum or imwashed lanolin, which interfered with corneal woimd heahng. Contemporary ophthalmic ointments, however, are nonemulsive and do not contain the coarse grade of white petrolatum. These ointments cause no significant inhibition of corneal woimd healing. 

Boerhaave s reformation of chemistry did not only consist in the presentation of a chemistry worthy of his God, but it is also visible on a practical level. The reformation ideal of the priesthood of believers, reflects itself in the setup of Boerhaave s textbook of chemistry, the Iikmenta chemiae. In the same way as every man should be able to read the Bible and be responsible for his own belief and conduct, the chemist should understand the theory of chemistry rather than follow a set of prescriptions. Boerhaave, unlike contemporary textbook writers like Lefebvre, Lemery and Geoffroy, extensively explained the theory and operations of chemistry rather than the preparations of the art. This effects the outlook and content of his whole chemistry. Instead of presenting a set of recipes, he aimed at the understanding of the elements or basic principles of the art. He encouraged his readers not to just follow formulas, but to think about what chemistry is and does. Ultimately this knowledge would enable his pupils to study chemistry independently and so improve the art. In the last part of the chapter we shall see how Boerhaave prescribed the rules for performing chemical experiments and formulating chemical theory. 

We have now illustrated, in a few typical examples, some of the actors that go into the planning and execution of a contemporary organic synthesis. One could well ask at this point, Is it possible to formulate a set of general rules that may direct the composition of an optimal synthetic plan Let us state up front that no such summary of rigorous rules exists that define a sequence of steps to be taken in the solution of some given synthetic task. It is possible, however, to list several general recommendations which, while not universal, are unquestionably useful in the planning a synthesis. 

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