The Lewis bonfire case

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The rumor of a family bonfire in the back garden of British author C.S. Lewis after his death was said to have destroyed many of his papers. Lewis scholars were in a furious controversy. It was laid to rest, almost, by Walter Hooper, the writer's former secretary. Hooper's friend, Tony Marchington, now CEO or Oxford Molecular, wrote a paper purportedly from the Oxford University Dept. of Physical Chemistry and claimed to have put tons of topsoil from the garden through carbon particle analysis and found that no bonfire was on the site for at least 800 years. In time the hoax was uncovered. Now a similar technique has been shown to be valid. Various carbon forms and uses are discussed.

Analysis, Authors, Writers, Chemists, Observations, Carbon, Records and correspondence, Soils, Soil analysis, Lewis, C.S.

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May the flux be with you

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Dental health is discussed in this humorous article by a chemist who found himself in fluorine chemistry over and over during his career. He seeks to show clear links between weaknesses of hydroxyapatite and ceramic fabrication, high-tenacity fibers, insulating/urethane foam, 'the missing mass,' and the large-scale structure of the Universe, which can be seen as a foam. The name 'fluorspar' for calcium fluoride came long before fluorine gas was known and was based on the Latin root for 'flux' in 'metallurgical flux.'

Research, Physiological aspects, Cellulosic fibers, Science, Teeth, Calcium (Nutrient), Materials, Air pollution, Astrophysics, Hydroxylapatite, Hydroxyapatite, Fluorine compounds, Calcium glubionate, Flux (Metallurgy), Fluorine, Cellulose fibers

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Building a better chemical plant

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Better chemical plants can be build with the proper planning, and new production plan modeling software for three-dimensional object-oriented plant design can be used. The utility and cost savings realized using the software are illustrated in three examples. Projects of ProFlow Modular Fluid Systems, Eichleay Engineers of California, an affiliate of Eichleay Holdings, and ProsCon (Ireland) are discussed.

United States, Models, Management, Manufacturing industry, Manufacturing industries, Construction industry, Planning, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Product information, Services, Contracts, Design and construction, Buildings and facilities, Architecture, Factories, Chemical industry, Computer-aided design, Computer aided design, Plant engineering (Facilities), Chemical plants, Plant engineering, Object-oriented programming, Vacuum technology, Object oriented programming, Vacuum equipment, ProFlow Modular Fluid Systems, Eichleay Engineers of California, Eichleay Holdings Inc., ProsCon

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