are of importance to the study of modern inorganic chemistry and have not generally made their way into the prerequisite texts, are not covered in this book. Thus, in this section as in others, I find the selections and the emphasis somewhat behind the times. A necessary discussion of ionic and covalent compounds, the valence bond and molecular orbital theories, and comparisons thereof are found in Chapters 2-4. Following comes a summarizing overview of the repre sentative elements (Chapter 5), the chemistry of hydrogen and its com pounds (Chapter 6), and a survey of the solvent properties of the covalent hydrides (Chapter 7). This latter is an area of special interest to the au thor, and he has put together a cohe sive discussion of material which is either not included or is most likely dispersed throughout other textbooks. Chapters 8-15 take us by the groups of the periodic table from the alkali metals through the rare (noble) gases. The text concludes with a summariz ing overview of the transition ele ments (Chapter 16), properties of coordination compounds (Chapter 17), theoretical aspects of transition metal complexes (Chapter 18), and organic derivatives of the transition metals (Chapter 19). This work is relatively free of con ceptual and typographical errors. One such latter item, however, is the list ing of the anionic carbonyl U(CO)6~ in Table 19.4 (page 744) which of course should be V(CO)6~; this error is easily spotted since no stable car bonyl complexes of uranium have as yet been isolated (although some car bonyl species stable only around -196° have been observed in matrix isolation studies). I must also find fault with the omission of the hydrido-complexes of the transition metals (of which some 1000 deriva tives are now known) in the discus sion of covalent compounds of hydro gen (Chapter 6), although this type of compound is treated in Chapter 19 as a class containing "one-electron" ligands. The author has managed to touch, in some cases far too briefly, on other modern developments such as the dinitrogen and cluster com plexes of the transition metals, the "carbene" complexes, fluxional mole cules, and the metal template syn thesis of macrocyclic ligands. On the other hand, mention of the crownethers as ligands in the coordination chemistry of the alkali metals or of the electron transfer properties of dithiolene and other sulfur-containing transition metal clusters was omitted. These topics, under the newly coined title of bio-inorganic chemistry, are in an area of high current interest which receives no mention in this text.
I suppose this book will suit the special purposes of some classrooms, but I cannot generate much enthusi asm about it. I certainly feel it has fallen far short of the claims printed on its back cover that it " . . . is the most important textbook in the field to be published in the last decade . . . , " a statement which, if true, would have been best to leave for others to make.
Atlas of Thermoanalytical Curves: Vol 2. G. Liptay, Ed. 161 pages. Hey den & Son Inc., 225 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. 1973. $31.65
DTA, DTG, and TG curves for 74 compounds and 10 other materials are shown in the atlas. Measurement conditions, as well as notes on proba ble transitions and reactions, are given. Dynamic Mass Spectrometry: Vol 3. D. Price, Ed. vii + 340 pages. Hey den & Son Inc., 225 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. 1972. $21.50
New Books Fundamental Aspects and Recent Developments in Optical Rotatory Dispersion and Circular Dichroism. F. Ciardelli and P. Salvadori, Eds. xvii + 419 pages. Heyden & Son, Inc., 225 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. 1973. $30.25
This volume contains the proceed ings of the Advanced Study Institute held in Tirrenia, Italy, at the end of 1971. The purpose of the Institute was to give a comprehensive and upto-date survey of ORD and CD, and the purpose for publication of the proceedings is to present to a wider public a balanced review of the pres ent state of chiral techniques and suggestions regarding future develop ments. This book covers the entire field from fundamentals to a wide va riety of current applications. Included are discussions of the theory and ap plications of magnetic ORD and CD (MORD and MCD), and in the bio chemical field, applications to nucleic acids and polynucleotides. Electrochemistry of Metals and Semiconductors: The Application of Solid State Science to Electrochemi cal Phenomena. Ashok K. Vijh. xiv + 297 pages. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 95 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1973. $23.50
The discussion of solid state con cepts is presented in this book in qualitative terms to bring these con cepts within the grasp of a wide range of electrochemists and other investi gators.
This volume consists of reviews of the application of inhomogeneous os cillatory electric fields in ion physics, negative ion studies, and the applica tion of dynamic mass spectrometers to gas analysis, together with the pro ceedings of the 3rd European Timeof-Flight Mass Spectrometry Sympo sium held at Salford in July 1971. A bibliography updating that of Vol 2 is also included.
U.S. Government Publications Copies of the following are available free upon request to the authors. Determination of Eight Minor Ele ments in Low-Alloy Steels by Fluo rescent X-Ray Spectrography. Bu reau of Mines Report of Investiga tions 7773. W. J. Campbell and D. L. Neylan. College Park Metallurgy Re search Center, College Park, Md. 20740. 13 pages. 1973
This study shows that X-ray spectrographic analysis of lathe-finished surfaces provides accurate determina tions of Al, Cu, Cr, Mn, Ni, P, Si, and Sn. The following may be ordered prepaid from the National Technical Informa tion Service, Springfield, Va. 22151. Include title and stock number. (For eign remittances must be in U.S. ex change and should include an addi tional one-fourth of the publication price to cover mailing costs.) Microcircuit Reliability Bibliography. Stock number AD-763-764/TA. 410 pages. 1973. $40 (microfiche, $40)
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This bibliography, produced by the ΠΤ Research Institute Reliability Analysis Center, contains more than 2500 citations of literature on the re liability of microelectronic devices.
Advances in Molten Salt Chemistry: Vol 2. J. Braunstein, Gleb Mamantov, and G. P. Smith, Eds. xi + 259 pages. Plenum Publishing Corp., 227 West 1 7th St., New York, N.Y. 10011. 1973. $20
Tentative Procedure Analyzing Pesti cide Residues in Solid Waste. Stock number PB-222-165/TA. 23 pages. 1973. $3.00 (microfiche, $1.45)
The second volume in this series explores the physical, electroanalytical, and high-temperature coordina tion chemistry of molten salts.
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This publication from the National Environmental Research Center in Cincinnati presents chromatographic techniques to analyze solid waste for pesticides.
