book reviews Typical examples include the chemical treatment ofwaste waters and cooling water from power plants. Some of these problems are very complex and involve the solution of a set of simultaneous differential equations. Although some may argue differently, I feel that a modern text on kinetics should also include a short chanter an numerical methuds, indsalm,: hmv p n , l h n i c , i ~ h i sI Y ~ may P he solved. Iris very Afla ult tuht.+in informntmn d 1 h t)pe ~ in unp wnvenlent p l x e .
of staff physicians should he called to appropriate sections whenever a new research program is started which involves the handling of such a substance as oxygen difluoride not commonly met in normal medical practice. Advance warning of the potential need for quick treatment could save lives. Malcolm Renfrew Universify of Idaho Moscow. 83843
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Eflects of Exposure to Toxic Gases-First Aid and Medical Treatment. 2nd Edition William Baker, Allen L. Mossman, and Dauid Siegel, Matheson, Lyndhurst, N.J., 1977. Tables. 15 X 23.5 cm. vi 172 PP.
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This hook is intended to provide a practical and convenient reference for persons called upon to administer first aid to the victims of exposure to asphyxiant and toxic gases. I t covers the dangerous gases which are generally available commercially, ranging from such a deadly chemical as nickel carbonyl to the more tolerable substance, oxygen. Among the 37 individual gases (or groups of related substances) are acute poisons (e.g., hydrogen selenide) and vinyl chloride for which the onset of physiological damage from law-level exposure may he long delayed. Each substance (or group) is treated under the following headings: Description, Major Hazards, Effects in Man, Toxicity, Threshold Limit Values, Preventive Measures and Safety Precautions, First Aid (and suggested medical treatment, in some ease), References. There is a n introductory on Industrial Hygiene, and appendices A and B cover supportive medical treatment and drug therapy with a listing of more complete reference works on therapy. Appendix C tabulates the toxic effects of acute exposure to gases covered in the book. This reviewer is not qualified to give an authoritative opinion about the procedures cited; therefore, he called on Dr. J. Logan Rogers, M.D., of the University of Idaho's Health Service, who was favorably impressed by the book far on-campus use but did not judge i t to be an adequate text for medical students. The book appears to have been prepared with care. As an update and expansion of the first edition, i t seems reasonably current, yet it cautions users to note the publication date and possible obsolescence of material therein. This is a rapidly changing field-note, for example, the sudden rise t o prominence ofbenzene as a carcinogen. In the reviewer's opinion this is a hook which all chemistry departments should have for the safety training of faculty and students if there is work in progress with any of the substances covered. A copy should he kept easily a t hand for quick reference by those untrained in case an emergency develops. It is likely that a copy may also prove useful t o the medical staff members of mast institutions. The attention A86 / Journal of Chemical Education
Colloid and Interface Science, Volume I: Plenary and Invited Lectures Edited by Milton Kerker, Clarksnn College of Technology-New Yark, Albert C. Zettlemoyer, Lehigh University-Pennsylvania, Robert L. Rowell. University of Massachusetts. Academic Press. Inc., New York, 1977. xiiii 636 pp. Figs. and tables. 15.5 X 23.3 cm.
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This hook represents volume 1 of a four volume collection of papers presented a t the International Conference on Colloids and Surfaces held in San Juan. Puerta Rico, in June 1976.The papers collected in volume 1 are those of Plenary Lectures and Specifically Invited Speakers. The volume is organized in the format of the conference itself, i.e., ten subject areas each with a plenary lecture and several invited lectures. One plenary lecture and a eouole of the invited lectures do not appear in ihis published collection. Since it is impossible to review an extensive collection of papers in a few paragraphs, it is more useful to provide a table of contents and then a few brief comments about the book. I) Farces a t Interfaces Tabor, D., "Surface Forces ond Surfaee Interactions" Israelachvili, J. N., and Ninham, B. W., "lntermoleculor Forces-the L o n ~ a n dShort of I t " Requena, J., Brooks, D. E., and Haydon, D. A., "uon der Waals Forces in OillWoter Systems" Buckley, Donald H., "The Metolto-Metal Interface and Its Effect On Adhesion and Friction" 11) Catalysis Burwell, Jr., Robert L., and Stec, Kenneth S., "Adsorption and Cotalytic Reaction of Hydrogen on Chromia a t Low Temperatures" Nieuwenhuys, B. E., and Sachtler, W. M. H., "The Nature of Weak Adsorption on Transition Met01s"
Lo Jacono, Mariano, and Hall. W. Keith, "Catalysis and Surface Chemistry. I. Cyelopropone Reactions Over Reduced MolybdmaAlumina" Teichner, Stanislas Jean, Mazabrard, Alain RenC, Pajonk, Gerard, Gardes, Gerard E. E., and HoangVan, Can, "Hydrogen Spilloorr in Catalytic Reactions. I. Activation of Alumina" 111) Aerosols Kerker, Milton, "Some Recent Reflections on L i ~ hSt e a t t ~ r i n ~ " Bricard, J., Cabane, M., and Ma(Continued on page A88)
book reviews delaine, G.,"Formation of Atmospheric Ultrafine Particles and Ions from Trace Gases" Reiss, Howard, Marvin, Dean C., and Heist, Richard H., "The Use of Nuc~entionand Growth as a Tool i n Chemical Physics" Liu, Benjamin Y. H., and Pui, David Y. H., "On Unipolar Diffusion Charging of Aerosols i n the Continuum Regime" I V ) Solid Surfaces Samarjai, G. A,, "Atomic and Molecular Processes o t Solid Surfaces" Olander, Donald R., "Heterageneous Chemical Kinetics by Modulated Molecular Ream Mass Sprctrometry. Limitations of the Technique" Demuth, J. E., " T h e Crystollogra'ohv . o f C l e m Surfaces and Chemrrorhed Sprcres as Determined by Low-Energy Electron Diffrmtian" Szalkowski, F. d., " T h e Characterization of Surfaces by Electron Spectroscopy" V ) Water at Interfaces Klier, K., and Zettlemoyer, A. C., " Woter at Interfaces: Moleculor Structure and Dynamics" Eagland, Donald, and Allen, Anthony P., " T h e Influence of Hydration Upon t h e P o t e n t i d at the
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Shear Plane (Zeta Potential) o f a Hydrophobre Surface in the Presence of Various Electrolytes" Lyklema, J., "Water Interfaces: A Colloid-Chemical Approach" Drost-Hansen, W., " E f f e c t s o f Vicinol Water an Colloidal Stability and Sedimentation Processes"
Zettlemoyer, A. C., and Hsing, H. H., "Water on OrganosiloneTreated Silica Surfaces" V I ) Rheology of Disperse Sy.~tems Mason, S. G., "Orthokinetic Phenomena i n Disperse Systems" Hermans, J. J., "The Role of Inertia i n Transport Properties of Suspension.~" Leal, L. G., "Macroscopic Transport Properties of a Sheared Suspension" Brenner, Howard, and Gaydos, Lawrence J., " T h e Constrained Brownian Movement of Spherical Particles in Cylindrical Pares of Comoarable Radius. Models o f the ~ i f f L s i u eand Conveetiue T ~ S port of Solute Molecules i n Membranes and Porous Media" V I I ) Stobility and Instability Ottewill, R. H., "Stability and Instability inDisperse Systems" MatijeviE, Egon, " T h e Role of Chemical Complexinp i n the Formation and Stobility of Colloidal Dispersions" Napper, D. H. "Strrie Stabilization" Overheek, J. Th. G., "Recent DP-
uelopments i n the Under.vtanding of Colloid Stabilitv"
faces" V I I I ) Membranes Smith, Ian C. P., Stockton, Gerald W., and Tulloeh, Alexander P., "Deuterium N M R and S ~ i Label n E S R as Probers of ~ e m b r a n e0 r gonizotion" Singer. S. J., ' T h e Proteins of Membranes" Papahadjopoulos, Demetrios, "Ef/eet.s of Riualent Cations and Proteins on Thermotropic Properties of Phospholipid Membranes: Implications for the Molecular Mechanism of Fusion and Endocytosis" Hong, Felix T., "Photoelectric and Magneto-Orientation Ef/eets i n Pigmented Biological Membranes" IX) Surface Thermodynamics Defay, R., Prigogine. I., and Sanfeld, A,, "Surface Thermodynamics" Fripiat, J. J:, "Mobility of Physically Ad.sorbed Hydroxylic Molecules on Surface7 Made/rom Oxypen Atoms" Bellemans, A,, "Statistical Mechanics o f Chain Molecules at on Interface" Derjaguin, B. V., Toporov, Yu. P., Muller. V . M..and Aleinikova.. I. N.., "On t h b ~ e l a t i o n s h i pbetween the Electrostatic and the Molecular Component of the Adhesion of Elastic Particles to a Solid Surface" X) Liquid Crystals Brown, Glenn H., "Structures and Properties of the Liquid Cr.vstalline State of Matte? Saupe, Alfred, ''Textures, Deformation.~,and Structural Order of Liquid Crystals" Donald, M. Small, "Liquid Crystals in Living and Dying Systems" The following papers are of particular general interest. First those of Tahor and of Israelachvili and Ninham deal with classical and current thoughts about the forces inherent in surface dominated systems. The paper by Kerker is a qualitative treatment of light scattering effects of microvoids, internally heated small particles, and Raman and llucmscent scattering from small particles. Somorjai's paper beautifully illustrates that the techniques of low energy eleetmn diffraction, ultra high vacuum technology, and surface crystallography are now beginning to pay dividends in our knowledge of surface reactions. Mason provides a brief but fine review of orthokinetic effects, that is, for the motion of particles dispersed in a flowing fluid medium. Ottewill discusses and reviews both the major forces and interactions in colloid stability and the experimental teehnique for measuring those forces. The paper hy Rrown is a concise review and classification nf the liquid crystalline states. In addition to the technical papers presented s t the San .Juan Conference, the hook (Continued on page Ago)
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book reviews contains a well-written "overview" by Anthony M. Schwartz which discusses each of the topic areas and the papers presented. The conference itself was held in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Colloid and Surface Science Symposium arid this volume in accordance with this contains the historical remarks of J. H. Mathews and Lloyd H. Reyerson made a t the occasion of the 40th National Colloid Symposium. The hook is verv well oroduced with the
This series is a valuable reference work for researchers and advanced students. It is an indispensable addition to the lihrary of a synthetic organic chemist and a useful addition to many others. Shelton Bank State University of New York at Albany Albany, 12222
The Organlc Chemistry of Iron Koerner uon Gustorf, Friedrich Wilhelm Greuels, andIngridFischler, Max Planek Institut. Academic Press, New York, 1978. Figs. and tables. 16 X 23.4 cm. xii 673 pp. $29.50.
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of that journal. The papers presented here are
recommend that this book he available in ever" librarv servine the needs of faeultv.
of these individuals. Roben A. Pieroni Georgis Institute of Technology Atlanta, 30332
Survey of Organic Syntheses. Volume 2 Coluin A. Auehler and Donald E. Peorson, Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt University. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1977. Figs. and tahles. 16 X 23 em. x + 1105 pp. $25. This volume in the series has a similar organization to Volume 1,namely 20 chapters each dealing with a functional group. Coverage begins in 1969 where Volume 1 ends and extends through 1975. An unfortunate orintinz delav detracts in oart from the
ways an improvement over the remarkable and successful volume 1. As the previous volume, this vulume is written with the aim of presenting to the reader the newer synthetic methods and, equally important, a brief critical review. Thus, utilizing frequent reference to Volume 1, all reasonable methods for preparing a particular functional group are presented in a logical fashion. Of direct utility for planning and carryingout asynthesis, the merits of the various methods are discussed. Additionally. experimental conditions for select reactions and yields for virtually all reactions are included. An exceedingly valuable addition to Volume 2 is the reaction index. These 94 pages of structural formulas indicate clearly the synthetic change and then refer the reader to Volume 1 andlui 2 for the methods. The organization and simplicity of this scheme is likely to prove highly useful. The subject index is reasonable, hut unfortunately this volume does not contain an author index. A90 I Journal of Chemical Education
This book is the latest in the Organomet a l k Chemistry monograph series that Academic Press has been publishing over the last decade. It is the first of two vulumes devoted tu theorganic chemistryof iron,an area that has been the vital center of organometallic chemistry since the discovery of ferrocene in l 9 5 t The volume has twelve chapters and includes not only compounds with iron-carbon bonds hut also compounds having organic groups linked to iron through N, 0 , S, ete. The opening chapter, which is also the longest, gives a comprehensive review of reported structural parameters of iron organics. The next six chapters discuss, successively, the applications of nmr, mass spectrometry, Mossbauer, magnetic properties, epr, and optical activity to these compounds. The next four chapters deal with the Fe-C linkage in the form of D honds, and n2,nJ, and $camplexes. The final chapter deals with a topic of particular interest to organic chemists and one that is rarely discussed by itself: The stabilization of reactive organic intermediates by formation of complexes with iron. The text is generally readable, and the illustrations are good to excellent. The twelve chapters have a combined total of over 2600 references (including duplications). The forthcoming second volume will cover topics not included in the first, and the set will give a comprehensive coverage of this vital area through 1975. The price, while high, is not prohibitive. This book will make an excellent addition to the reference library of researchers and teachers interested in organoimn chemistry. John S. Thayer University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 45224
Analytical Pyrolysis
Edited by C. E. Roland and Carl A. Crom e w Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1977. ix 424 pp. Figs. and tables. 17 X 25 cm. $39.25.
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ical Pyrolysis, held in Amsterdam, September 7-9, 1976. Thirty-four full papers are e a k gorized under the general headings (the
