BOOK REVIEWS Standard Aqueous Electrode Potentials and Temperature Coefficients at 25'
A n d 4 J. de Bethune and Nancy A. SwendemanLoud, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Clifford A. HsmpelPublisher, Skokie, Illinois, 1964. 19 pp. Tables. 21.5 X 28 em. $1.95 plus 0.08 postage. Most physical chemists who are interested in electrode potentials will want to know how this book differs from Latimer's classic reference on the same subject (W. M. Latimer, "Oxidation Potentials," 2nd Ed, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Fifth Printing [1961]). This new booklet contains much of the same information, and the main tables are similar in format. The major difkrenees are a new emphasis on temperature effects and a deemphasis of the less common compounds. This booklet containrr an excellent snmmation of published data on temperature coefficients of electrode reactions. These include thermal, isothermal, and second isothermal temperature coefficients. When combined with the 467 electrode potentiale, in both acid and basic solutions, they provide the most complete source of thermodynamic information that is available in condensed form. A seven-page introduction defines all the terms and symbols. Thermodynamic
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relationships are described and sample calculations illustrate how to use the dsta. Nevertheless, one must be well established in the principles of electrochemistry and thermodynamics to understand the wealth of information contained in this booklet. I t is strictly reference material that will become more widely useful with familiarity.
standing contributors in the field. Since so meny topics are discussed, it is not
surprising that the average length of an article is only 2.8 book pages. The authors, outstanding workers in their specialties, write well. As one might expect, this book will find its primary use a s an introductory source for persons interested in short descriptions of any one of the numerous JOHN MCCALLUM areas of electrochemistry. The presence Batlelle Memorial Inslitute of reference lists a t the end of each article Columbus, Ohio should prove helpful in allowing the reader to get further depth on the individual subject. This book will be a Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry useful addition to the libraries of colleges Cl$ord A. Hampel, Conwlting Chemiand industrial organizations. cal Engineer, Skokie, Illinois. ReinT. R. WILLIAMS hold Puhlirhing Corp., New York, College of Wooster 1964. xviii 1206 pp. Figs. and Wooster, Ohio tables. 18 X 26 em. $35.
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The "Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry" is the newest in a series of subject reference books designed for chemists and engineers. This encyclopedia.is a. compilation of a variety of topics in the field of electrochemistry from some 271 contributors who have written 412 individual articles. There are few, if any, topica in electrochemistry which have not been treated in this work. (Corrosion, battery construction, sign conventions, bioelectmchemistry, eleotramaehining and polislring, luminescence, molecular sieves, chronoamperometry, and chronopotentiometry are a few.) There are also short biographical sketches of out-
Gmelins Handbuch der Anorganischen Chemie. 8. Auflage, System Nummer 16, Phosphor, Teil B
Edited by E. H . E. Pietseh and the Cmelin Institute Verlitg Chemie, GMBH, Weinheim/Bergstrasse, 1964. xxx 458 pp. Figs. and tahles. 17.5 X 25.5 cm. 587.50.
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Phosphorus compounds are of great importance in many aspects of daily life; therefore, it is not sulprising that the detection, analysis and separation of phosphorus and phosphorus compounds (Continued m page ,4498)
