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fied authorities in their particular areas of specialization. Each of the chap ters is extensively documented with bibliographies to the current litera ture and to more intensive and de tailed treatments of the subject matter. The overall quality of this volume is high and maintains the standards set by the previous three volumes. The first section on Magnetic Field Meth ods of Analysis should prove to be a particularly useful introduction to this increasingly important aspect of analy tical chemistry. The chapter on Analytical Applications of Magnetic Susceptibility by Professor Mulay is outstanding and is one of the clearest discussions of the subject that this re viewer has encountered. The other chapters in this section are more in troductory, but are a useful starting point for many before going on to the specialized advanced monographs de voted to X.M.R., E.S.R., and mass spectrometry. The final chapter in this section on Ion Scattering is inter esting and presents an analytical method that is almost unknown to many analytical chemists. The major section of Volume 4 is devoted to Electrical Methods of Analysis and it is this section which really makes the volume outstanding. The introductory chapters by Pro fessors Reilley and Murray are ex tremely lucid and up-to-date. They present the fundamentals of electro chemistry in a clear and concise man ner and provide a sound base for the subsequent chapters on specific electroanalytical methods. The chapter on Chronoamperometry and Chronopotentiometry by Professor Delahay also is well done, and should prove useful to many analytical chemists. It is somewhat disappointing that a more extensive discussion is not given of the application of these methods to the study of electrode kinetics and mechanisms. The remaining chapters in this section are all extremely well done and are relatively complete in their coverage. The chapter on Electrodeposition by Professor Tanaka is an especially timely updating of the documentation for this historically important analytical method. Finally, the presentation of chapters on Strip ping Analysis and Measurement of Capacity is noteworthy. Neither of these subjects previously has been summarized in a readily available monograph devoted to the interests of analytical chemists. The present discussions should result in an in creased interest and utilization of these important techniques. In summary this is an excellent reference volume and is recommended
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C. L. Wilson and D. W. Wilson, editors, xvi -\- 268 pages. Ameri can Elsevier Publishing Company. 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York 17, Ν. Y. 196Jf. $11. Reviewed by Royce W. Murray, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. This book, a continuation of the series of publications on analysis by the editors, is the first of two volumes dealing with electrochemical methods. It contains five chapters: Electro chemical Analysis: Introduction, and Electrodeposition, by A. J. Lindsey; Potentiometric Titrations, and Conductometric Titrations, by D. G. Davis, and High Frequency Conductometric Titrations, by T. S. Burkhalter. Each of the four methods chapters presents a description of theory, instrumenta tion, and methodology, and an exten sive discussion of the analytical ap plications. The orientation of the chapters is highly practical, in keeping with the editors' philosophy of providing ''a working manual offering . . . direct and immediate assistance," and deals pre dominantly with applications in quantitative analysis. Detailed de scriptions of many specific analyses are given in the application sections, and literature references are pro vided to many more. The scope of the types of applications considered is reasonably broad, but cannot be expected to cover every analytical situation. The depth of coverage of the several areas of analysis is some what variable; while redox titrations are well represented in the potenti ometric chapter, there are no examples given of the many applications of potentiometry in nonaqueous acid-base titrations, only passing mention is made of the existence of pK and pNa glass electrodes, and the novel uses of con centration cells are not considered. There is nevertheless a substantial amount of very useful information contained in the applications sections for the practicing analyst. The sections on theory and method ology are given with the intention of providing an understanding of the fundamental basis of operation of the techniques. In the last three chapters, this intention is amply fulfilled, and the uninitiated will find them easy to
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