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Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
J. J. Lagowski, Editor in Chief

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Chemistry : foundations and applications / edited by J.J. Lagowski.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-02-865721-7 (set hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-02-865722-5 (v. 1 : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-02-865723-3 (v. 2 : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-02-865724-1 (v. 3 : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-02-865725-X (v. 4 : alk. paper)

1. Chemistry—Encyclopedias. I. Lagowski, J. J.

QD4.C48 2004

540′.3—dc22

     2003021038

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