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Homogeneous catalysis A s y m p o s i u m sponsored b y t h e A C S Division of Industrial a n d E n g i n e e r i n g C h e m i s t r y in S e p t e m b e r 1 9 6 6 is e m b o d i e d in Advances in C h e m i s t r y Se ries N o . 7 0 . T h e v o l u m e concentrates on reac tions in solution a n d includes a review of t h e kinds of substances that c a n b e u s e d as h o m o g e n e o u s catalysts a n d t h e ways in w h i c h they function, a c h a p ter contrasting h o m o g e n e o u s catalysis w i t h h e t e r o g e n e o u s catalysis, a review of industrial applications of h o m o g e neous catalysis, a n d a n u m b e r of p a pers o n special topics t r e a t e d in d e tail. H o m o g e n e o u s Catalysis, Industrial Applications a n d Implications, is available from A C S Special Issues Sales, 1 1 5 5 - 1 6 t h St., N . W . , W a s h i n g ton, D . C . 2 0 0 3 6 , for $11.50.
Mass Spectrometry papers
The complete Ohaus line of precision balances is described in detail. There are also 3 full pages devoted to weights, and weight sets.
Mass Spectrometry in Inorganic C h e m i s t r y is t h e title of N o . 7 2 in Ad vances in C h e m i s t r y Ssries. I t in cludes p a p e r s p r e s e n t e d a t a sympo sium of t h e A C S Division of Inorganic C h e m i s t r y in S e p t e m b e r 1966. Available from Special Issues Sales, ACS, 1 1 5 5 - 1 6 t h St., N . W . , W a s h ington, D . C . 2 0 0 3 6 for $ 1 2 .
available from t h e c o m m i t t e e , 2 2 3 3 Wisconsin A v e . , N . W . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . 2 0 0 0 7 , for $ 1 0 .
NEW BOOKS Process Analysis and Simulation, Deter ministic Systems.
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BLAU, K E N N E T H B. BISCHOFF.
. . . Specifications and prices on all models . . . An easy to read format . . . A full color photograph of every balance . . . Detailed drawings of design features . . . Complete listing of all accessories
Ohaus Catalog '68 is now avail able. Order your copy today.
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BRIEFS C h e m i s t r y in Action S e r i e s , sponsored b y M a n u f a c t u r i n g Chemists Associa tion, h a s issued two n e w books: " W a ter Is E v e r y b o d y ' s Business," b y A. A. Behrman ($4.50, hard c o v e r / $ 1 . 4 5 , p a p e r b a c k ) , a n d "Chemicals from Fer m e n t a t i o n " ( $ 3 . 9 5 a n d $1.25) b y P e t e r A. H a h n . T h e first stresses t h e i m p o r t a n c e of i m p r o v i n g w a t e r sources a n d explains t h e p r o b l e m s , h o w they are b e i n g m e t , a n d w h a t t h e future holds. T h e second traces t h e history of fermentation from primitive times to t h e d e v e l o p m e n t a n d refinement of industrial fermentation processes. Publisher is D o u b l e d a y & C o . , I n c . , 2 7 7 P a r k Ave., N e w York, N.Y. 10017. C o m m i t t e e t o Investigate Copyright P r o b l e m s Affecting Communication in S c i e n c e a n d Education h a s issued a report o n t h e a m o u n t a n d kinds of c o p y r i g h t e d materials copied b y U . S . libraries. E x c e p t i o n to exclusive right to copy is "fair u s e . " T h e s t u d y is timely b e c a u s e of p e n d i n g copyright legislation w h i c h proposes a National Commission o n N e w Technological Uses of C o p y r i g h t e d W o r k s . Report
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Progress in Medicinal Chemistry. Vol. 5.
G. P. E L L I S , G. B. W E S T , editors,
xi + 391 pages. Plenum Press, 227 West 17th St., New York, N.Y. 10011. 1967. $26. Radiative Transfer. H O Y T C. HOTTEL, ADEL F . SAROFIM. xxiv -f- 520 pages.
McGraw-Hill Book Co., 330 West 42nd St., New York, N.Y. 10036. 1967. $15.50. Useful as college text and reference book. The Random House Guide to Graduate Study in the Arts and Sciences. E . R. WASSERMAN,
Ε. Ε. SWITZER.
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361 pages. Random House, Inc., 457 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022. 1967. $6.95. An aid to evaluation of one's own fitness for graduate schools, finding the right one, knowing what financial help is avail able, knowing how draft will effect study, and about graduate work abroad. Reviews in Macromolecular
Features of Catalog '68 include:
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pages. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1968. $17.50. For seniors or first-year graduate students, presents modern techniques of model building as applied to process industries.
Vol. 2.
Chemistry.
GEORGE B. BUTLER, K E N N E T H
F. O'DRISCOLL, editors, viii + 380 pages. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 95 Madi son Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1968. $16.50. Rodd's Chemistry of Carbon Compounds, Vol. 2, Part A: Monocarbocyclic Com pounds to and Including Five Ring Atoms. 2nd ed. S. COFFEY, editor, xiv -\- 228 pages. American Elsevier Publishing Co., Inc., 52 Vanderbilt Ave., N e w York, N.Y. 10017. 1968. $16. Rogers' Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chem istry.
TAITO O. SOINE, CHARLES O.
WILSON,
xii -f- 704 pages.
Lea &
Febiger, 600 South Washington Sq., Philadelphia, Pa. 19106. 1967. $12. Revised to be used advantageously with USVP XVII and N F XII by pharmacists and students of pharmacy. Science in Progress. 16th Series. Sigma Xi-RESA National Lectureships, 196466.
WALLACE R. BRODE, editor,
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-f- 390 pages. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. 1967. $10. Structural Chemistry and Molecular Bi ology.
ALEXANDER
RICH,
NORMAN
DAVIDSON, editors. 907 pages. W. H. Freeman & Co., 660 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. 94104. 1968. $10. A volume dedicated to Linus Pauling by his students, colleagues, and friends.
Thermal Dissociation of Chemical Com pounds. I. S. KULIKOV. viii -f 198 pages. Daniel Davey & Co., Inc., 257 Park Ave. South, New York, N.Y. 10010. 1968. $11.50. Translated from Russian. Thermodynamics for Engineers. H.
CRAWFORD,
WILLIAM
FRANZO D.
VAN
VORST. xv + 4 4 5 pages. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 757 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. 1968. $11.50. Designed to provide engineering students with basic training in physics, chemistry, and mathematics underlying engineering developments to come. Treatise on Analytical Chemistry, Part 3 : Analytical Chemistry in Industry, Vol. 1. I. M. K O L T H O F F , P H I L I P J. ELVING, F R E D H. STROSS, editors, xxiv + 457
pages. John H . Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1967. $17.50.
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Noyes Development Corp., Park Ridge, N.J. 1968. $35. Guide to Test Methods for Plastics and Related Materials. NORMAN E. BEACH, ν -f- 73 pages. Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific a n d Technical Information, Springfield, Va. 22151. 1967. $3.00. Introduction to Modern Chemistry. E D WARD F .
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