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The text may be prepared with 1.5 line spacing. Times New Roman font of 12 point size is recommended. Authors are requested, if possible to embed figures and tables at appropriate places in the text. If this is not possible, they may be given separately, in which case their exact locations in the text may be pointed out clearly.

The article should begin with a short ABSTRACT followed by a short INTRODUCTION. The rest of the article may be titled and arranged as per the wishes of the author.

REFERENCES should constitute the last section of the article. In the text, references to other papers or books should be cited using consecutive numbers in parenthesis (e.g. : [1,2]) and they should be listed numerically in the last section.

Examples:
1. Fu, H., Yun, H., Kwei, T.K., and Okamoto, Y. 1998, J. Polym. Sci., 36, 1425.

2. Koeing, J.L. 1980, Chemical Microstructure of Polymer Chains, John Wiley& Sons, Inc., New York.

3. Okaya, T., and Ikari, K. 1992, Polyvinylalcohol-Development, C.A. Finch (Ed.), John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 195.

Authors are to make sure that each reference appearing in the text appears in the list of references at the end and vice versa
 

TITLE PAGE AND FIRST PAGE:- The title of the manuscript, the name(s) of author(s) and institution(s) where the work has been carried out should be typed out as the first page.

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Scientific names should be typed in italics or be underlined.

Tables should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals.

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COLOUR FIGURES:- Cost of printing colour figures will be charged to the author at the rate of U.S. $50/- per Figure/page.

REPRINTS
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