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Gdanitz, R J 1992. Prediction of Molecular Crystal Stluctures by Monte Carlo Simulated Annealing Without Reference to Diffraction Data. Chemical Physics Letters 190 391-396. 

PMR spectrometry is an extremely useful technique for the identification and structural analysis of organic compounds in solution, especially when used in conjunction with infrared, ultraviolet, visible and mass spectrometry. Interpretation of PMR spectra is accomplished by comparison with reference spectra and reference to chemical shift tables. In contrast to infrared spectra, it is usually possible to identify all the peaks in a PMR spectrum, although the complete identification of an unknown compound is often not possible without other data. Some examples of PMR spectra are discussed below. 

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The physical and health hazards associated with chemicals should be determined before working with them This determination may involve consulting literature references. Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries (LCSSs), Matmal Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), or other reference materials (see also Chapter 3, section 3.B) and may require discussions with the laboratory supervisor and consultants such as safety and industrial hygiene officers. Every step of the waste minimization and removal processes should be checked against federal, state, and local regulations. Production of mixed chemical-radioactive-biological waste (see Chapter 7, section 7.C.1.3) should not be considered without discussions with environmental health and safety experts. 

Reference Dose (RfD)—An estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of the daily exposure of the human population to a potential hazard that is likely to be without risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime. The RfD is operationally derived from the no-observed-adverse-efifect level (NOAEL-from animal and human studies) by a consistent application of uncertainty factors that reflect various types of data used to estimate RfDs and an additional modifying factor, which is based on a professional judgment of the entire database on the chemical. The RfDs are not applicable to nonthreshold effects such as cancer. 

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