osmotic, diffusion, sedimentation, light scattering, and viscometric techniques. Chapter 8 (32 pp.) deals with the problems of measuring surface tension together with surface-activity data. Section 9 (64 pp.) describes the general methods of calorimetric measurements of specific heats, latent heats, heats of salution and dilution, and heats of fast and slaw chemical reactions. Part 10 (28 pp.) is a review of t,he different types of atomic and molecular models and their limitations in demonstrating the varioua properties of organic molecules. Chapter 11 (22 pp.) contains an excellent mathematical analvsis of the errors of measurements and the statistical analysis of physical data. Section 12 (86 pp.) treats of the various techniques of examining crystals by means of optical microscopy. The methods as well as the interpretation are amply described. Chapter 13 (12 pp.) extends this study to the interesting field of liquid crystals. Part 14 (60 pp.) considers the type of iniormstion which can be oht,ained with thc mass spectroscope together with a description of the equipment, preparation of samples, and analvsis of the data. The two concluding sections, chapters 15 (86 pp.) and 16 (55 pp.), are x comprehensive review of the use of isotopes in organic chemistry. The first of these two sections drncribes the techniques of
using radioaotive isotopes whereas the lest section deals with the nonradioactive type of isotope. This volume maintains the same high level of competence as the previous volumes in this series. Chemists will find in this treatment of physical methods that the survey of elementary principles with the extension to complex applications is clear, concise, and most rewarding. GEORGE HOLMEB RICHTER Tan Rlcn IN~T,T"P* HOOBTON. TEXIQ
ADVANCES IN CARBOHYDRATE CHEMISTRY. VOLUME 10 Edited by M. L. Wolfrom and R. S. Tipson. Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1955. u 437 pp. Figs. and tables. 16 X 23.5 cm. $10.50,
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A s THE editor states in his preface, "With this Volume, 'Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry' comes of age through the completion of ten iswos." The current vo'ume maintains the high standards of those which have ameared .. csrlior. "The stereochemistry of cyclic dorivativos of carbohydrates" by J. A. Mills, "Column chromatography of sugars and their derivatives" by W. W. Binkley, "Glyeosylamines" by G. P . Ellis and John Hanoymen, "The Amadori r o mmngoment" by John E . Hodge, "The glycasyl halides and their derivatives" h,v L. J . Haynes and F. H. Newth, "The methyl ethers of the aldopentoses and of rhamnose and fucose" by George
G. Maher, "The methyl ethers of ogalactose" by George G. Maher, "Polysaccharides associated with wood cellulose" by W. J. Polyglrtse, and "The chemistry of heparin" by A. B. Foster and A. J . Huggard are the topics covered in this volume. The international nature of the effort whioh is bringing together 8 0 well these developments in csrbohydrate chemistry is illustrated by the fact that the contributors listed above reside in Australia, the United States, England, Scotland, and Canada. For the serious student of carhahydrate chemistry this volume, like its pr~decessors, is indispensable. Most of the sections have heen prepared with the specialist in mind and make heavy reading if one is not already familiar lnith cerhohydrato chemistry and organic chemical reaction mechanisms. The teacher of elementary organic chemistry will find groatest interest in the chapters on column chromatography of sugars and the carbohydrates associated with wood cclhlose. IRWIN B. DOUGLABS
THEU N ~ Y E R MOF T YMAINS Onoao. M ~ m r ;
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOLID ADSORBENTS (1943-53)
V. R. Deitz. National Bureau of Standards Circular No. 566. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1956. vi 1528 pp. 21 X 27 Em. $8.75.
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