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Mossbauer Spectroscopy of Frozen Solutions. Attila Vertes and Denes L. Nagy, Eds. 303 pp. Akademiai Kiado, Publishing House of the Hun garian Academy of Sciences, Prielle Kornelia u. 1 9 - 3 5 , H-1117 Buda pest, Hungary. 1990. $36 The purpose of this volume is to demonstrate the application of Moss bauer spectroscopy to structure in vestigations of solutions. Techniques for obtaining Mossbauer spectra from frozen and room-temperature solu tions, relaxation phenomena, deter m i n a t i o n of t h e c h e m i c a l a n d geometric environments of the Moss bauer-active ion, and studies of vari ous isotopes are discussed. A subject index is included.
Safe Storage of Laboratory Chemi cals, 2nd ed. David A. Pipitone, Ed. xvi + 297 pp. John Wiley & Sons, 605 Third Ave., New York, NY 10158. 1991. $95 This 12-chapter volume is divided into two p a r t s : storage guidelines a n d case h i s t o r i e s . T h e c h a p t e r s comprising t h e storage guidelines discuss federal regulations, storage requirements (including compatibil ity of stored chemicals and labeling), emergency responses to chemical re leases, and computer applications for regulatory compliance. Case histories include industrial and academic fa cilities as well as a database system for warehouse and inventory man agement. The five appendices include chemical purchase planning, a stor age checklist, a glossary of word pro cessing and microcomputing terms, a list of on-line database sources, and tables of flash points of common flammable liquids. A subject index is also included.
Spreadsheet Chemistry. O. Jerry Parker and Gary L. Breneman. xi + 282 pp. Prentice Hall, Route 9W, Englewood Cliffs, N J 07632. 1991. $26 This paperback is designed to be used with general chemistry texts to show students how to use available s p r e a d s h e e t software for solving c o m p u t a t i o n a l p r o b l e m s . T h e 23 chapters cover atomic and molecular phenomena, thermodynamics, kinet
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