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"The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the enormous increase in the human population. Yet, as Egan...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
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It was discovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by the industrialists of the nineteenth century, and abused by the combatants of the twentieth century. It can be found in many things that have improved our everyday life, from toothpaste to detergents to food additives. For more than 300 years, phosphorus--one of nature's deadliest creations--has continued to fascinate us with the many surprising roles it has played in human...
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Ciba Foundation symposium volume new ser. 57
Publisher
Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North Holland
Pub. Date
1978
Language
English
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Over the last 60 years the increasing knowledge of transition metal chemistry has resulted in an enormous advance of homogeneous catalysis as an essential tool in both academic and industrial fields. Remarkably, phosphorus(III) donor ligands have played an important role in several of the acknowledged catalytic reactions. The positive effects of phosphine ligands in transition metal homogeneous catalysis have contributed largely to the evolution...
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IAEA-TECDOC volume Number 1805
Publisher
International Atomic Energy Agency
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
17) Nitrogen and phosphorus nutrition of cattle: reducing the environmental impact of cattle operations
Publisher
CABI Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
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In 1888 seventeen-year-old Evelyn Fallow, herself disfigured by the phosphorus in the match factory where she worked, has been hired as a maid to Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man--but when the Jack the Ripper murders begin she and Merrick find themselves haunted by the ghosts of the slain women, and Evelyn is caught up in the mystery of Jack's identity.
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Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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In 2006, over 90% of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal waters were listed as impaired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency due to low dissolved oxygen levels and/or poor water clarity related to nutrient pollution. Nearly half of the total nutrient input to the bay is a result of nonpoint source pollution from the nine million acres of farmland within its 64,000 square mile watershed. In order to protect both the Chesapeake Bay and the region's...