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teristics a n d tests. T h e booklet is in tended to outline the significance of A S T M t e s t m e t h o d s and their limita tions. I t gives a general idea of various t e s t m e t h o d s . T h e chapter on chemi cal analyses a n d tests, for example, covers tetraethyllead in gasoline, ash, carbon residue, inorganic materials in lubricating oils a n d greases, analysis of grease, analysis of petroleum sulfonates, unsulfonated residue in p l a n t spray oils. Full details of individual test proce dures are n o t published in this volume. T h e y appear in t h e annual compila tion " A S T M S t a n d a r d s on Petroleum Products and Lubricants."
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
English Translations of t h e Soviet M o n t h l y Journal, A v t o m a t i k a I Tele m e k h a n i k a (Automation and R e m o t e Control) are now available, starting with J a n u a r y 1956. Tables of contents of each issue are being mailed a t no charge to scientific laboratories a n d libraries. Industrial Utilization of Radioisotopes 1 9 4 6 - 1 9 5 6 . 129 pages. Atomic In dustrial F o r u m , Inc., 3 E a s t 54th St., N e w Y o r k 22, Ν . Υ., 1956. $2.50. I n d u s t r i a l application of radioactive materials has increased more than 5 0 0 % within t h e past five years. A t present more t h a n 1000 domestic industrial organizations are using these materials in almost 1347 different installations. Major uses are b y research, develop ment, a n d testing organizations. T h e study, m a d e b y the Atomic I n d u s t r i a l F o r u m , lists all organizations licensed b y t h e A E C t o use radioisotopes, n a m e of t h e isotope, a n d purpose for which the license was issued. Metallurgical Analysis by Means of the Spekker Photoelectric Absorptiometer. F. W. Haywood and A. A. R. Wood. 2nd edition, viii + 292 pages. Hilger & W a t t s , Ltd., 98 P a n eras Wav, C a m d e n Road, London, N . W . 1, England, 1957. $8.50 This second edition is actually a new book because of t h e redesign of t h e Spekker absorptiometer and the great increase in number of methods for using it in metallurgical analysis. Considera bly larger t h a n t h e original edition, it covers construction, operation, a n d
maintenance of b o t h t h e old a n d new models of t h e subject i n s t r u m e n t . T h e book has two m a i n p a r t s . T h e first deals with t h e principles of absorp t i o m e t r y a n d describes t h e two instru m e n t s . T h e second p a r t contains se lected m e t h o d s of analysis for t h e ele m e n t s most commonly associated with others in alloys. Aluminum, copper, magnesium, and zinc alloys, a n d steel, are t h e subjects of individual chapters. A comprehensive bibliography is in cluded, along with an appendix and
index. Air Pollution Handbook. E d i t e d b y Paid L. Magill, Francis R. Holden, and Charles Ackley. xi -f 720 pages. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 330 West 42nd St., N e w York 36, Ν . Υ., 1956. $15.00. Concerned with a problem very m u c h in t h e news these days, this book is a compilation of the work of a n u m b e r of experts on different aspects of t h e sub ject. I t is a practical handbook cover ing t h e causes, effects, and control of air pollution. Sections are devoted to air pollution sources and their control, chemistry of contaminated atmospheres, physics of t h e atmosphere, epidemiology of air pollution, and effects on farm animals and plants. Sampling procedures, ana lytical methods, and experimental test methods are also discussed b y specialists in those fields. All in all, t h e book tells what is known about air pollution, how to apply this knowledge, a n d indicates w h a t further research needs to be done.
An Introduction to Modern Organic Analysis. Sidney Siggia and Hans J. Stolten. vii + 250 pages. Interscience Publishers, Inc., N e w York, Ν . Υ., 1956. $4.50. T h e authors tell us in the preface t h a t t h e purpose of this book is to consoli d a t e t h e entire field of organic analysis— t h a t is, description of available tools, their fundamental principles and tech niques, their correlation, application, and interpretation, from t h e viewpoint of t h e organic analyst. T h e book begins b y stating t h e or ganic analytical problem, t h e n goes into elemental analysis and chemical func tional group analysis. Various analyt ical methods are next described, fol lowed b y a chapter on methods of sepa ration and one on specialized approaches, including microscopy, mass spectrom etry, R a m a n spectroscopy, and polarimetry. B y way of summary, t h e authors pre sent several typical problems in organic analysis, illustrating t h e interrelation ship of analytical approaches.
