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near to far infrared. Most of his charts extend out to 200 μ and greater. The methods he shows for the calculation of optical constants are complete enough to make this book a standard for deciding on the particular method one might select to use in work of this nature. Because this book describes the the oretical aspects of infrared instrumen tation and measurement, it obviously should find a place in the library of those who are concerned with design of infrared instrumentation and measure ment of infrared energies. Its com pleteness in this area of infrared spec troscopy makes it a valuable reference book. However, its usefulness is most certainly directed to the physicist and physical chemist who are more con cerned with instrumentation than with applications. Metal-Ligand and Related Vibra tions: A Critical Survey of the In frared and Raman Spectra of Me tallic and Organometctllic Com pounds. David M. Adams, xviii + 379 pages. St. Martin's Press, Inc., 175 5th Ave., New York, Ν. Υ. 10010. 1968. $22.50.
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data (which comprise over one half of the book), and literature references (over 1100), most of which are readily available. In addition to the large amount of tabulated data, there are in cluded many molecular diagrams, sum mation charts, a few important spectra, and an appendix containing character, correlation, and site symmetry tables. Both Raman and infrared spectra of metal-ligand vibrations, as well as the important ligand vibrations, are dis cussed. When there are disagreements in the literature on band assignments, a full discussion of the different assign ments is given. The book is well written and clearly organized—each chapter first examin ing the simplest, most symmetric spe cies for which unexceptionable assign ments have been made. These then serve as a basis for the discussion of the more complicated molecules and spectra. The effects of symmetry, sol vents, lattice modes, and coupling be tween vibrational modes of the same symmetry are discussed and illustrated. Such an exhaustive and clear collec tion of data as that presented in this book allows the reader to recognize that there are still many areas of this field to be explored. For example, appar ently no M-N stretching frequency for Ag(NH : l ) 2 + has yet been identified. This book was first published in Great Britain in 1967, and then in the United States in 1968—without any ap parent updating of the material in cluded. However, the author intends to update the book from time to time, which should be appreciated by all who work in this area. This exhaustive compilation and critical evaluation of spectral data, which may be updated, but never outdated, will be of value to most chemists. Treatise on Analytical Chemistry, Part 3 : Analytical Chemistry in Industry, Vol. 1. / . M. Kolthoff, Philip J. Elving, Fred H. Stross, Edi tors, xxiv + Jf.57 pages. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, Ν. Υ. 10016. 1967. $17.60. Reviewed hy C. M. Marstiller, Alu minum Co. of America, Alcoa Re search Laboratories, P. O. Box 772, New Kensington, Pa. The third of a three-part, compre hensive account of analytical chemis try; this book is a daring and reasonabl)- successful attempt to present ex perience in graphic form. This part of the Treatise deals with operational re quirements of analytical chemistry as practiced in industry rather than with analytical techniques. In a note about Part I I I , the editors state—"we still felt that our Treatise would be com-
