ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Copyright 1948 by American Chemical Society
Volume 20, No. 6
Issued June 15, 1948
EDITOR: W A L T E R J. M U R P H Y Assistant
Assistant to Editor: N . A . PARKINSON
Editors
Executive Editor: JAMES M . CROWE
Manuscript Editing: G . GLADYS GORDON
Associate Editor: LAWRENCE T. HALLETT
Manuscript Reviewing: STELLA ANDERSON
Contributing Editor: R. H . MULLER
Make-up: CHARLOTTE C. SAYRE
EDITORIAL
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Radioactive Contaminants in Tracers . . . .
W . E. Cohn
Advisory Board R. P. CHAPMAN G. E. F. LUNDELL K. K. CHEN M. G. MELLON J. R. CHURCHILL R. H . MÜLLER B. L. CLARKE B. L. OSER T. R. CUNNINGHAM w. J. SWEENEY I. M. KOLTHOFF H. H. WILLARD
Precipitation of Oxalates from Homogeneous Solution . . Louis G o r d o n and E. R. Caley
560
Analysis of Simple and Complex Tungsten Carbides . . . J . J . Furey and T. R. Cunningham
563
Determination of Deuterium in Water R. B. Fischer, R. A . Potter, and R. J . Voskuyl
571
498
Determination of Silica in Presence of Fluorine and Phos phorus J . A . Brabson, H . C. Mattraw, G . E. M a x w e l l , Anita Darrow, and M . F. Needham
504
Spectroscopic Determination of Cyclopentadiene and Methylcyclopentadiene . . J . S. Powell and K. C. Edson
510
Determination of Major Constituents of Cedar O i l Vapor in Cedar Chests . . . . F. W . Hayward and R. B. Seymour
572
Determination of Thiophene, Carbon Oxysulfide, and Car bon Disulfide in Producer Gas L. J . Brady
512
Gas Analysis Apparatus Employing Velocity of Sound . . C. E. Crouthamel and Harvey Diehl
Determination of Alumina in Iron O r e G . F. Smith and F. W . Caqle, Jr.
574
515
Determination of Refractive Index of Polymers R. H . W i l e y and P. H . H o b s o n
520
J . H . L. Watson
576
Measurement of Adherence of Organic Coatings to Metal Surfaces Henry Green and T. P. Lamattina
523
Amperometric Microtitration of Diamidines . J . B. Conn
585
Spirit Beverages
527
Microdetermination of Sulfur in Organic Compounds . . A I Steyermark, Esther Bass, and Bella Littman
587
J . F. Williams and E. F. Kenney
Determination of Acetylene in Gas J . A . Shaw and Elton Fisher Spectrophotometric Estimation of Tryptophan D. C. Carpenter
533
536
Rapid Estimation of Citrus Peel O i l E. M . Burdick and J . S. A l l e n .
539
Polarographic and Amperometric Determination of Barium I. M . Kolthoff and H . P. Gregor
541
S. H . Maron and Benjamin M a d o w
545
Laboratory Evaluation of O i l Deterioration . . R. G . Larsen
547
Frequency Errors in Timing with Electric Clocks
Spectrochemical Determination of Copper . . W . M . Spicer Procedure for Measurement of P 31 and P 32 in Plant Material . A . J . MacKenzie and L. A . Dean
Particle Size Determinations with Electron Microscopes
NOTES O N A N A L Y T I C A L
PROCEDURES
Action of Nessler's Reagent on Amines H . A . Liebhafsky and L. B. Bronk
588
Apparatus for Absorption of Carbon Dioxide in Mass Spectrometric Determination of Carbon Isotopes . . . Kalervo Rankama and K. J . Neuvonen
589
Microdetermination of O - A c e t y l Groups . J . F. A l i c i n o
590
Photoelectric Determination of Color of Corn Sirup . . . B. L. Sea 11 et
Preparation of Dried Latex Films
R. S. Craig, C. B. Satterthwaite, and W . E. Wallace
MICROCHEMISTRY
555 557
591
BOOK REVIEWS
592
CORRESPONDENCE
592
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY DATA
593
ANALYST'S CALENDAR
595
AIDS FOR THE ANAYST THE ANALYST'S COLUMN INSTRUMENTATION
596 17A R. H . M i i l l e r 21 A
559
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