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Acknowledgements
A number of people have contributed directly or indirectly in our endeavour to write this
book. Each of us would rst wish to acknowledge separately those individuals who helped
us achieve this goal.
S. Suresh
It is a pleasant privilege to acknowledge Professor C.N.R. Rao, director, International Centre
for Material Science (India), Professor P.K. Bhattacharya of the Department of Chemical
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India), Professor I.M. Mishra of the
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India),
Professor K.K. Appukuttan, director, MANIT Bhopal (India) and Dr