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Approximately 3300 selected terms intended to be of use to those with minor exposure to chemistry or as a source of reviewed information. Includes major classifications, functional terms, basic phenomena and processes, chemical elements, compounds, general terms, biographies of past contributors, prefixes and suffixes, and many cross references. Second edition reflects recent fields developments in various fields, e.g., energy, DNA gene-splicing, and treatment of toxic materials and waste control.