Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of ChemistryScientists, engineers, and technologists in many fields need aknowledge of chemistry because of the importance of chemistry indiverse technologies. In addition, to "classical" topics ofchemistry, the new Encyclopedia covers nanotechnology, fuel celltechnology, green chemistry, forensic chemistry, supramolecularchemistry, combinatorial chemistry, materials chemistry, andproteomics. This fifth print edition has been revised and updated, and includesover 200 new articles, as well as 1,300 updated articles.