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Isotope Effects

in the Chemical, Geological, and Bio Sciences

  • An excellent educational monograph for graduates which teaches the principles of isotope effects and their applications in a variety of disciplines
  • Includes historical vignettes presenting prominent isotope scientists

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. A Short History of Early Work on Isotopes

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 1-36
  3. The Born–Oppenheimer Approximation: Potential Energy Surfaces

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 37-54
  4. Molecular Vibrations

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 55-76
  5. Condensed Phase Isotope Effects; Isotope Effects in Non-ideal Gases

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 139-180
  6. Kinetic Isotope Effects Continued: Variational Transition State Theory and Tunneling

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 181-202
  7. Instrumentation and Experimental Techniques

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 203-244
  8. Isotope Separation

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 245-287
  9. Isotope Effects in Nature: Geochemical and Environmental Studies

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 289-311
  10. Kinetic Isotope Effects on Chemical Reactions

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 313-342
  11. Enzymes; Aqueous Solvent IE’S

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 343-388
  12. Isotope Effects on Dipole Moments, Polarizability, NMR Shielding, and Molar Volume

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 389-412
  13. Reduced Equations of State: Critical Property Isotope Effects

    • Max Wolfsberg, W. Alexander Van Hook, Piotr Paneth
    Pages 413-426
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 453-466

About this book

As the title suggests, Isotope Effects in the Chemical, Geological and Bio Sciences deals with differences in the properties of isotopically substituted molecules, such as differences in the chemical and physical properties of water and the heavy waters. Since the various fields in which isotope effects are applied do not only share fundamental principles but also experimental techniques, this book includes a discussion of experimental apparatus and experimental techniques.

Isotope Effects in the Chemical, Geological and Bio Sciences is an educational monograph addressed to graduate students and others undertaking isotope effect research. The fundamental principles needed to understand isotope effects are presented in appropriate detail. While it is true that these principles are more familiar to students of physical chemistry and some background in physical chemistry is recommended, the text provides enough detail to make the book an asset to students in organic and biochemistry, and geochemistry.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, U.S.A.

    Max Wolfsberg

  • Dept. Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, U.S.A.

    W. Alexander Hook

  • Inst. Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

    Piotr Paneth

  • Inst. Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

    Luís Paulo N. Rebelo

Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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