Miscellaneous Resources

The Web sites for online MCS support groups, e-mail lists, news-groups and chat rooms change from time to time. Those listed here were current at the time of publication. The best way to locate online support is to visit MCS-related Web sites that provide links. The Washington State MCS Network and the Environmental Health Network (see Miscellaneous Resources below) are two examples. 

Leitch, C.H.B. Lentz, D.R. 1994. The gresen approach to mass balance constraints of alteration systems methods, pitfalls, examples. In Lentz, D.R., ed) Alteration and Alteration processes associated with Ore-forming systems. Geological Association of Canada, Short Course Notes, 11, 161-192. Lentz, D.R. 1995. Preliminary evaluation of six in-house rock geochemical standards from the Bathurst Camp, New Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy, Minerals and Energy Division, Miscellaneous Report 18, p. 81-89. 

Walker, J. A. McCutcheon, S.R., 1995. Siluro-Devonian stratigraphy of the Chaleurs Bay Synclinorium, northern New Brunswick. In Merlini, S.A.A. ed.. Current Research 1994. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Minerals, Policy and Planning Division, Miscellaneous Report 18, 225-244. 

Scholz, C. and Gross, R. 2000. Polymers from Renewable Resources. ACS, Washington, DC. Steinbuchel, A. 2003. Biopolymers, Miscellaneous Biopolymers and Biodegradation of Synthetic Polymers. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. 

The miscellaneous materials committees include paint, paper, packaging, rubber textiles, and plastics. The miscellaneous subjects committees include emission spectroscopy, fire standards, appearance of materials, microscopy, and resource recovery. The materials for specific applications committees include electronics, tires, consumer products, and food-service equipment. The corrosion, deterioration, and degradation of materials committees include corrosion of metals, erosion and wear, and durability of nonmetallic materials. 

The following paragraphs will summarize TEHIP s free, web-based toxicological information resources. The individual databases of the TOXNET system will be described first. Descriptions of miscellaneous additional electronic resources available through TEHIP will follow. 

Table 17.35 Miscellaneous Internet based resources useful to powder diffractionists.

This factor also specifically evaluates environmental regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and by states regarding the destruction of chemical weapons and materials. Key in this evaluation is the ability of the technology to satisfy environmental permitting requirements, especially those that were established under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for a miscellaneous unit. The... 

Probably the most important among the large number of miscellaneous other resources for the mass spectrometrist (novice or veteran) is PubMed (MEDLINE), which deals with biomedical literature. This database is part of the search engine of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Here one can find complete references, and often access to the full text, of just about all papers published on any topics in mass spectrometry http //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/literature. 

Nonrenewahle resources include the abundant metals (such as iron and aluminum), scarce metals (gold and copper), materials used for energy (fossil fuels and uranium minerals), building materials (limestone, crushed stone, sand, and gravel), and other miscellaneous minerals (halite or natural salt). Running water, wind power, and solar power are not included among materials used for energy because they are renewable sources. 

Kia, R, Lasark, J. (1999). Overview of Papua New Guinea offshore resources. Workshop Report. Offshore Mineral Policy Workshop, Madang, PNG, SOPAC Miscellaneous Report 323, pp. 39 6. 

Saunders WSA, Behan JG (2012) Putting R(isk) in the RMA technical advisory group recommendations on the resource management act 1991 and implications for natural hazards planning, GNS science miscellaneous series 48. GNS Science, Lower Hutt, p 52... 

Bio-oil chemical properties vary with the feedstock but woody biomass typically produces a mixture of 30% water, 30% phenolics, 20% aldehydes and ketones, 15% alcohols, and 10% miscellaneous compounds. As a fuel, bio-oil has environmental advantages when compared to fossil fuels, producing half the NO and no SO. As a fuel derived from a renewable resource, bio-oil is considered carbon dioxide neutral (Mukaney et al., 2002). 

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