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Index of Applications in Examples and Exercises



                     BIOLOGICAL                                       Visual accommodation      Exercises 6-11, 6-16, 6-75
                                                                      Weight of swine or guinea pigs  Exercises 9-142, 13-48
                     Amino acid composition of soybean meal Exercise 8-52
                                                                      Wheat grain drying        Exercises 13-47, 15-41
                     Anaerobic respiration      Exercise 2-144
                     Blood                                            CHEMICAL
                       Cholesterol level        Exercise 15-10
                       Glucose level            Exercises 13-25, 14-37   Acid-base titration    Exercises 2-60, 2-132, 3-12,
                                                                                                 5-48
                       Hypertension             Exercises 4-143, 8-31, 11-8,
                                                 11-30, 11-46         Alloys                    Examples 6-4, 8-5
                                                                                                 Exercises 10-21, 10-44, 10-59,
                     Body mass index (BMI)      Exercise 11-35
                     Body temperature           Exercise 9-59                                    13-38, 15-17
                                                                      Contamination             Exercise 2-128, 4-113
                     Cellular replication       Exercises 2-193, 3-100
                     Circumference of orange trees  Exercise 10-46    Cooking oil               Exercise 2-79
                                                                      Etching                   Exercises 10-19, 10-65, 10-34
                     Deceased beetles under
                       autolysis and putrefaction  Exercise 2-92      Infrared focal plane arrays  Exercise 9-146
                                                                      Melting point of a binder  Exercise 9-42
                     Diet and weight loss       Exercises 10-43, 10-77, 15-35
                     Disease in plants          Exercise 14-76        Metallic material transition  Examples 8-1, 8-2
                                                                      Moisture content in raw material  Exercise 3-6
                     Dugongs (sea cows) length  Exercise 11-15
                     Fatty acid in margarine    Exercises 8-36, 8-66, 8-76,   Mole fraction solubility  Exercises 12-75, 12-91
                                                                      Mole ratio of sebacic acid  Exercise 11-91
                                                 9-147, 9-113
                     Gene expression            Exercises 6-65, 13-50, 15-42  Pitch carbon analysis  Exercises 12-10, 12-36, 12-50,
                                                                                                 12-60, 12-68
                     Gene occurrence            Exercises 2-195, 3-11
                     Gene sequences             Exercises 2-25, 2-192, 3-13,   Plasma etching   Examples 14-5, 14-8
                                                                                                 Exercise 7-32
                                                 3-147
                     Grain quality              Exercise 8-21         Polymers                  Exercises 7-15, 10-8, 13-12,
                                                                                                 13-24
                     Height of plants           Exercises 4-170, 4-171
                     Height or weight of people  Exercises 4-44, 4-66, 5-64,   Propellant
                                                                       Bond shear strength      Examples 15-1, 15-2, 15-4
                                                 6-30, 6-37, 6-46, 6-63, 6-73,
                                                 9-68                                            Exercises 11-11, 11-31,
                                                                                                 11-49, 15-32
                     Insect fragments in chocolate bars  Exercises 3-134, 4-101
                     IQ for monozygotic twins   Exercise 10-45        Burning rate              Examples 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5
                                                                                                 Exercise 10-6
                     Leaf transmutation         Exercises 2-88, 3-123
                     Leg strength               Exercises 8-30, 9-64  Purity                    Exercise 15-42
                                                                      Thermal barrier coatings  Exercise 10-75
                     Light-dependent photosynthesis  Exercise 2-24
                     Nisin recovery             Exercises 12-14, 12-32, 12-50,   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
                                                 12-64, 12-84, 14-83
                     Pesticides and grape infestation  Exercise 10-94  Aluminum smelting        Exercise 10-92
                     Potato spoilage            Exercise 13-14        Automobile basecoat       Exercises 14-56, 14-68
                     Protein                                          Blow molding              Exercise 16-59
                       in Livestock feed        Exercise 14-75        Catalyst usage            Exercise 10-17
                       in Milk                  Exercises 13-13, 13-25, 13-33   Concentration   Examples 16-2, 16-6
                       from Peanut milk         Exercise 9-143                                   Exercises 5-46, 6-68, 6-84,
                     Protopectin content in tomatoes  Exercises 13-40, 15-40                     10-9, 10-54, 15-64
                     Rat muscle                 Exercise 6-15         Conversion                Exercise 12-3
                     Rat tumors                 Exercise 8-50         Cooling system in a nuclear submarine  Exercise 9-130
                     Rat weight                 Exercise 8-57         Copper content of a plating bath  Exercises 15-8, 15-34, 15-58
                     Rejuvenated mitochondria   Exercises 2-96, 3-88  Dispensed syrup in soda machine  Exercises 8-29, 8-63, 8-75
                     Root vole population       Exercise 14-16        Dry ash value of paper pulp  Exercise 14-57
                     Sodium content of cornlakes  Exercise 9-61       Fill volume and capability  Examples 5-35, 8-6, 9-8, 9-9
                     Soil                       Exercises 3-24, 12-1, 12-2,                      Exercises 2-180, 3-146, 3-151,
                                                 12-23, 12-24, 12-41, 12-42                      4-62, 4-63, 5-62, 9-100, 10-4,
                     Splitting cell             Exercise 4-155                                   10-85, 10-90, 14-43, 15-38
                     St John’s Wort             Example 10-14         Filtration rate           Exercise 14-44
                     Stork sightings            Exercises 4-100, 11-96  Fish preparation        Exercise 13-46
                     Sugar content              Exercises 8-46, 9-83, 9-114  Flow metering devices  Examples 15-3, 15-5
                     Synapses in the granule cell layer  Exercise 9-145                          Exercises 9-126, 9-127
                     Tar content in tobacco     Exercise 8-95         Foam expanding agents     Exercises 10-16, 10-56, 10-88
                     Taste evaluation           Exercises 14-13, 14-31, 14-34,   Green liquor   Exercise 12-100
                                                 14-50, 14-54         Hardwood concentration    Example 13-2
                     Tissues from an ivy plant  Exercise 2-130                                   Exercise 14-11
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