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... effect of highly toxic agricultural chemicals ( DDT , dieldrin , etc . ) — again , the product of civilized man . Posi- tive conservation of falconiforms must include the control of habitat destruction ; of active persecution by ...
... effect of highly toxic agricultural chemicals ( DDT , dieldrin , etc . ) — again , the product of civilized man . Posi- tive conservation of falconiforms must include the control of habitat destruction ; of active persecution by ...
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... effect ( the phenomenon of a gamma ray being absorbed and reradiated by a nucleus without recoil ) . Although the Mössbauer effect has been observed for about one - third of the elements , it is particularly for iron ( and to a lesser ...
... effect ( the phenomenon of a gamma ray being absorbed and reradiated by a nucleus without recoil ) . Although the Mössbauer effect has been observed for about one - third of the elements , it is particularly for iron ( and to a lesser ...
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... effect on the relative stabilities of the normal and the transition states , and also , there- fore , an effect on the rate of reaction . Such effects , called kinetic isotope effects , operate when only one bond is concerned in such a ...
... effect on the relative stabilities of the normal and the transition states , and also , there- fore , an effect on the rate of reaction . Such effects , called kinetic isotope effects , operate when only one bond is concerned in such a ...
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