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FEATURED TITLE: Open Access to Knovel Critical Tables

Readers of K-News have two weeks of open access to a select title or group of titles in each issue. This issue features access to a title from the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Subject Area:

Knovel Critical Tables   (c) 2003, Knovel. This important, interactive Knovel reference contains tables of physical, solvent, and thermodynamic properties. The physical property tables alone include over 21,000 inorganic and organic compounds and pure substances. The solvent property tables have data for 385 common solvents, and the thermodynamic property tables have data for over 15,000 compounds. Additionally, several tables make use of the interactive Equation Plotter to plot thermodynamic properties as a function of temperature. Each table is fully interactive and searchable by keyword and numeric property value. The thermodynamic tables feature an Equation Plotter that graphically represents the temperature correlation relationships and allows for easy calculation and plotting of the properties. KCT was recently updated with additional Vapor Liquid Equilibria Data for Organic Mixtures. Data is compiled from two separate sources (Distillation Equilibrium Data and Vapor-Equilibrium Data) with easy to view interactive data and graph tables. The two binary graph tables are linked to and from the two binary data tables, and a third data table displays the ternary systems information.

Start using Knovel Critical Tables now! You have immediate and unlimited access for the next two weeks--no registration required. Enjoy!

BRIEFS: New Titles/Tools Added to Knovel 'Free Account'

Everyone is encouraged to register for an individual free account at the Knovel Library Web site. Knovel recently added Knovel Critical Tables and Handbook of Mathematical Functions to all free accounts. This is a permanent addition! The titles and tools included in free accounts now include:

Knovel Critical Tables Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables Essential Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences Knovel Sample Book Knovel Unit Converter Knovel Periodic Table of the Elements All Knovel Library paying customers and existing individual free accounts already have access (no further registration is necessary). You may start using these titles immediately! Access for all 7 titles and tools is free and permanent. It only requires a 60-second registration. To register for your free access, go to: www.knovel.com/knovel2/free_stuff.jsp.

BRIEFS: Come Grow with Knovel!

Knovel Corporation has been rapidly expanding in recent months. In addition to adding more office space, we've also added more people. In the past 6 months, the following people have joined the Knovel team:

• Vernon Carmon, Quality Control Manager

• Keith Chesk, E-Marketing Associate/Programmer

• Corinna Czekaj, Director of Product Development

• Carmen Petro, Marketing Associate

• Anthony Scannell, Regional Sales Manager

• Jason Tuosto, Telesales Account Representative

• Christian Valle, HR Associate

• Karen Young, Telesales Account Representative

But wait, there's more! We're still looking to fill several positions, including:

• Java Programmer (Binghamton, NY)

• Research Associate (New York City)

• Marketing Assistant (Binghamton, NY)

• Scientific Data Analyst (Binghamton, NY)

• Executive Assistant/Office Manager (New York City)

If you're interested in working for a fast growing, exciting company with great benefits and great people, send your resume to: hr@knovel.com. You may also send questions or request more details about the positions listed at the same email address. Come grow with Knovel!

BRIEFS: Recently Released Titles

Surface Engineering for Corrosion and Wear Resistance
Copyright (c) 2001, Woodhead Publishing. Metals & Metallurgy Subject Area. Engineers are faced with a bewildering array of choices when selecting a surface treatment for a specific corrosion or wear application. This book provides practical information to help them select the best possible treatment. An entire chapter is devoted to process comparisons, and dozens of useful tables and figures compare surface treatment thickness and hardness ranges; abrasion and corrosion resistance; processing time, temperature, and pressure; costs; distortion tendencies; and other critical process factors and coating characteristics.

Dictionary of Ceramics (3rd Edition)
Copyright (c) 1994, Woodhead Publishing. Ceramics & Ceramic Engineering Subject Area. This updated edition contains over 2,000 new terms, including terminology covering recent developments in engineering ceramics, electroceramics, whiteware processes and environmental legislation. The coverage of glass, vitreous enamel and the cement industries has been widened and relevant areas of basic science-- crystal structure, fracture mechanics and sintering--are also included.

A Guide to Surface Engineering Terminology
Copyright (c) 1995, Woodhead Publishing. Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering Subject Area. In the last 20 years, surface engineering has been increasingly integrated into industrial design and manufacturing procedures, and now embraces advanced chemical and physical techniques. This authoritative title cuts through the confusion arising from the plethora of terms generated by these rapid changes.

Be sure to visit Knovel Library's New Titles page for a complete list of newly released titles. For more information about the Knovel Library service or about any titles mentioned in K-News, contact Justin Skogen at jskogen@knovel.com, or call him toll-free US/Canada 1-800-260-4106 (outside US/Canada +1-608-655-1447).

BRIEFS: Trade Shows & Events

SLA (Special Libraries Association) 2006 Annual Conference, Baltimore, June 11-14, Baltimore Convention Center. This year's theme: "Where Tradition and Transformation Converge." Knovel is heavily involved with sponsoring this year's event, including:

• Sun, June 11th - SLA Midwest Chapter Reception
• Mon, June 12th - MLD Networking Breakfast
• Mon, June 12th - Sci-Tech Breakfast
• Mon, June 12th - Chemistry Vendor Roundtable
• Tue, June 13th - All Sciences Reception
• Wed, June 14th - Materials & Polymer Properties Breakfast

Be sure to stop by the Knovel booth (#603) and visit the Knovel team!

ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) 113th Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, June 18-21, Hyatt Regency-Riverside Center. Donald Wulfinghoff, author of the Energy Efficiency Manual, will present "Moving Engineering Practice into the Classroom: Using the New Interactive References" on Monday, June 19th at 10:30 am during the Energy Conversion & Conservation Division session. Mr. Wulfinghoff will also give live demonstrations of the "Knovelized" version of the Energy Efficiency Manual at the Knovel booth (#812). Be sure to stop by and meet Don and the Knovel crew!

ALA (American Library Association) 2006 Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 24-27, New Orleans Convention Center. Knovel representative Bryan Keane will demonstrate the Knovel service. Be sure to stop by the Knovel booth (#3252).

If you would like to make an appointment to meet with a Knovel representative at any of these events, please contact Knovel at: 1-866-303-3336 or email at sales@knovel.com.

TUTORIAL: Enthalpy of Formation for Terephthalic Acid

Scenario: A chemical manufacturing plant uses terephthalic acid as the starting compound to manufacture polyester. The process engineer wants to change the temperature of the acid to improve the reaction process. However, the engineer needs to ensure there are not significant variations in the enthalpy of formation that might impact the equilibrium constant for the reaction. How can the engineer calculate enthalpy of formation for terephthalic acid at different temperatures? Knovel can help.

1. In the Search box on the Knovel Library home page enter the phrase enthalpy formation terephthalic acid. The query entered means, "find any page of text or row of data from an interactive table where the terms enthalpy and formation and terephthalic and acid are all present near each other on the same page or are in the same row of data." Click the Search button.
    
    
2. The search results page shows 5 titles that match the search query. The first title listed is Knovel Critical Tables--this week's Featured Title. Click on the name of that title.
    
    
3. The Table of Contents for Knovel Critical Tables appears. Only those sections/chapters containing hits for the search query are displayed by default. Notice the third entry called "Enthalpy of Formation". It is a Knovel Interactive Table with an Equation Plotter. Click on the Table (1) link next to the sigma icon.
    
    
4. A Knovel Interactive Table opens in a new window displaying various bits of information about terephthalic acid including CAS Registry number, molecular weight, molecular forumla, and the enthalpy of formation values for two different temperatures. However, Knovel has created an interactive graph/plot of this information that allows the user to calculate the enthalpy of formation for any temperature. Click the sigma icon to launch the Equation Plotter.
    
    
5. A new window opens with an Equation Plotter automatically loaded with the details for terephthalic acid. The engineer can now click along the plotted curve to determine enthalpy for any temperature.
    
   

KOOL TIPS: List of Databases on Knovel

This issue's Featured Title, Knovel Critical Tables, is a database. That is, there is no corresponding printed hard copy version (it's not a book). One of Knovel Library's unique features is that books are turned into databases, meaning they're fully searchable, many with special software tools that use the content of the book, and databases, like Knovel Critical Tables, are turned into books with a Table of Contents that allows users to browse the database as if it were a book. Searching is important, but so is browsing. If you want to see the complete list of "database" titles available on Knovel, go to the Knovel Library home page. In the middle of the page, the tab called "Entire Knovel Library" is selected by default. One of the filter options underneath the tab is "Databases". Click on that link and you will see a list of Subject Areas on the left with database titles for that area displayed on the right. Kool.

FEATURED TITLE: Open Access to Hermeticity of Electronic Packages

Readers of K-News have two weeks of open access to a select title or group of titles in each issue. This issue features access to a title from the Semiconductors & Electronics Subject Area:

Hermeticity of Electronic Packages (c) 2000, William Andrew Publishing/Noyes. This title provides the necessary background and problem-solving examples required for package designers, package users, reliability engineers and those who measure and evaluate the integrity of packages. Readers can easily apply this practical knowledge to solving their specific challenges. How do you define the goodness of the seal? How is that seal measured? How does the integrity of the seal effect circuit reliability? To answer these questions and others like them, the author has brought together more than 100 application-specific problems and detailed their solutions.

Start using Hermeticity of Electronic Packages now! You have immediate and unlimited access for the next two weeks--no registration required. Enjoy!

BRIEFS: Recently Released Titles

Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials
Copyright (c) 2003, World Scientific. Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Subject Area. This important book extensively covers the preparative chemistry of various nanostructured materials, as well as structural-property correlations for these new materials. Materials of current interest, such as nanocrystals, nanowires, nanotubes, porous materials, and composites, are covered in detail. This title is appropriate for people who want a quick yet precise grasp of the status of the chemistry of nanostructured materials.

Natural Gas Engineering Handbook 
Copyright (c) 2005, Gulf Publishing Company. Premium Content - requires a separate subscription. Many studies have concluded the major source of energy for the global economy in the first half on the 21st century will be natural gas. With natural gas becoming extremely important, there is an increasing demand for information. Yet, quality information has been scarce. This handbook is the only book available that covers this subject in a comprehensive and practical way, including the full scope of natural gas engineering from gas reservoir engineering, to gas production, to gas processing. It uses a computer-assisted approach, which is current practice in the industry (but lacking in other books on natural gas engineering).

Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems (2nd Edition)
Copyright (c) 2006, SciTech Publishing. Aerospace & Radar Technology Subject Area. This revised edition offers a thorough, up-to-date survey of sophisticated weapon and electronic warfare (EW) systems, and covers all the latest technological advances in this rapidly-changing area. Brand new material includes a deep explanation of the latest radar techniques (including Digital Receivers, SAR/SSAR/ISAR/DBS, and LPI radar), the latest advances in IR techniques (including Rosette Scan seeker analysis and DIRCM), and information on EW techniques (including DRFM, Digital Receiver, New Passive Location systems, DRFM, Solid State technology, and High Resolution Radar Jamming). It also provides an introduction to Information Operations and Information Warfare.

Be sure to visit Knovel Library's New Titles page for a complete list of newly released titles.

BRIEFS: Coming Soon Titles

Knovel Steam Tables 
Copyright (c) 2006, Knovel Corporation. This title provides a full implementation of the 1997 industrial formulation for the properties of water and steam by the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS), as well as IAPWS releases for transport properties and surface tension. The data is presented in Knovel Interactive Tables, each accompanied by a calculator and live graphs. Also included is a power cycle efficiency calculator. The calculators provide user selectable range, resolution and precision. The graphs are each accompanied by a digitizer. The user may obtain any desired precision for points over the entire two-dimensional valid range of the graph. All tables, calculators, graphs, and graph digitizers allow the user to select either SI or English units for their inputs and outputs.

MEMS - A Practical Guide to Design, Analysis, and Applications
Copyright (c) 2006, William Andrew Publishing/Noyes. For product development engineers or managers, the decision to design a MEMS device implies having an application and market. This book offers a practical guide to making this important business decision. Here, both veterans and newcomers to MEMS device design will find advice on evaluating MEMS for their business, followed by guidance on selecting solutions, technologies and design support tools. This title details how experts from around the world have explored MEMS possibilities and achieved new breakthrough devices such as RF-MEMS for mobile telecommunications, micro-optics for internet hardware, catheter-based minimal-invasive operating theatre tools, and in vivo monitoring of exact dosage of medication in ailing patients.

DIPPR 882 - Transport Properties and Related Thermodynamic Data
of Binary Mixtures, Parts 1-4
Copyright (c) 1993-1997, Design Institute for Physical Property Data/AIChE. Easy access to accurate physical property data for well-defined mixtures is crucial in designing, scaling-up, and optimizing any chemical process operation. DIPPR's Transport Properties and Related Thermodynamic Data of Binary Mixtures is a multi-volume compilation of evaluated physical, thermodynamic, and transport property data for industrially important mixture classes not previously cataloged in any depth. Properties covered are viscosity, thermal conductivity, diffusion coefficient, solubility, density, and surface tension. This series offers 2,140 mixture/property tables covering 361 binary mixture classes. All data in the collection are based on exhaustive literature searches and testing against pure component data derived from the DIPPR Data Compilation.

Be sure to visit Knovel Library's Coming Soon page for a complete list of forthcoming releases. For more information about the Knovel Library service or about any titles mentioned in K-News, contact Justin Skogen at jskogen@knovel.com, or call him toll-free US/Canada 1-800-260-4106 (outside US/Canada +1-608-655-1447).