Books N e w Books Handbook of Photochemistry. Steven L. Murov. xi + 272 pages. Marcel Dekker, Inc. , 95 Madison Ave., New York, N Y . 10016. 1973. $27
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Compilations of data on spectroscopic properties of sensitizers and quenchers, triplet energies of organic compounds, lifetimes and quantum yields of phosphorescence and quantum yields at 77°K, quantum yields of intersystem crossing in solution, rates of energy transfer, rates of hydrogen abstraction, bond dissociation energies, solvent properties, transmission characteristics of light filters, spectra of various glasses, spectral distribution of photochemical sources, properties of photomultipliers, dipole moments of excited states, ESR parameters of triplet states, atomic weights and spin-orbital coupling constants, fundamental constants and conversion factors, IR group frequencies, NMR chemical shift parameters, reduction potentials of aromatic hydrocarbons, ionization potentials, and linear free energy relationship parameters, as well as discussions of actinonimetry and photolysis apparatus are presented. Formula and subject indices are included. The Periodic Table: Experiment and Theory. J. S. F. Pode. xi + 163 pages. Halstead Press, 605 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1973. Paperbound. $3.75
"In this short text the author has accomplished exactly what he set out to do. He has first shown how the brilliant ideas of Mendeleev lead to a framework—the Periodic Table— which enables us to correlate the diverse facts of Chemistry; then he has employed these facts again, this time to show how they, and the framework itself, can be accounted for in terms of the modern ideas of structure and bonding." (From the Foreword) Chemist's Guide to Regulatory Drug Analysis. Daniel Banes. 134 pages. Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Box 540, Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044. 1974. $7.00
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Continuing Series Techniques of Electrochemistry: Vol 2. Ernest Yeager and Alvin J. Salkind, Eds. ix + 458 pages. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1973. $24.95
The second volume in this series contains articles on measurement and interpretation of electrolytic conduc tance, transference number measure ments, diffusion in electrolytes, stud ies of electrolytic solutions in X-ray diffraction and neutron inelastic scat tering, dielectric measurements in electrolytic solutions, relaxation tech niques for the study of fast processes in electrolytic solutions, and the study of compressibilities of solutions and molten salts by ultrasonic veloci ty measurements. There are author and subject indexes. Annual Reports on NMR Spectrosco py: Vol 5B. E. F. Mooney, Ed. xi + 441 pages. Academic Press Inc., (London) Ltd., 24-28 Oval Rd., Lon don, NW1 7DX, England. 1974. $31.50
This volume is completely devoted to a review on NMR studies of phos phorus compounds covering the years 1965 to 1969 and prepared by G. Mavel. The work discusses many ear lier problems which have now been solved, in particular those dealing with phosphorus coupling constants and the relationship of these J values to the hybridization of phosphorus and molecular geometry, as well as new puzzling points not yet solved. Applied Spectroscopy Reviews: Vol 7. Edward G. Brame, Jr., Ed. xv + 381 pages. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 95 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1974. $25.50
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