BOOK REVIEWS identifying spectra, a table of persistent atomic lines, and a set of plates showing spectra of important molecules, wavelength standards, and a few interesting special spectra such aa that of a bunsen flame showing bands of OH, CH, and CS molecules. This hook is written for s. rather specialized purpose, and it serves that purpose very well. It will not, ss its title might suggest, be of use to the average chemist interested in using infrared or ultraviolet speotroscopy to identify complex molecules. However, laboratories engaged in spectrochemical analysis should find it useful for identifying the molecules occurring in a flame or arc. The book will be almost a necessity for those doing research in small molecule spectroscopy, high temperature chemistry, and allied fields where this type of spectra play an important part. S. J. STRICKLEU Univmily of Colorado
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Edited by H. yon KO& and G. Ljungberg. Academic Press, Inc., 1961. Proceedings of the Fifth Intern&mal Instruments and Measurements Conference, September 13-16, 1960, Stockholm, Sweden. Figs. and tables. 16 X 25 cm. Vol. 1, pp. 1-506, $16; Vol. 2, pp. 507-1227, 522. Theae two volumes are the proceedings of the Fifth International Imtmments and Measurements Conference held in Stockholm, Sweden, September 13-16, 1960. They comprise120 lectures divided into five sections: (1) Automatic Process Control, (2) Pbyaicd Methods of Chemical Analysis, (3) ~Nuclear7Instrumentation, (4) Meamrementa of Electric and Magnetic Quantities, and (5) Reactor Control. Section 1is of primary interest to chemical engineers and contains 23 papers, eight of which are devoted to theories of measurement and the remainder to automatic measuring techniques and the treatment of data. Section 2 is of more direct interest to chemists. It contains 28 papers covering a wide variety of analytical kchniques including mass spectrometry, far ultraviolet, infrmd, X-ray and NMR spectrometry, gas chmmatography, polarimetry, conductometry, and oscillography. Section 3 is a collection of a number of papers on the use of various electronic circuits in nuclear instrumentation and the measurement of radioactivity in a variety of systems and under a variety of conditions. Mention is also made here of an intereating method of moisture determination in bulk matter by beteray transmission. The last two sections, aa their titles indicate, are of little interest to chemists. (Conlinued a page A4Q3)
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BOOK REVIEWS Although Volume I contains several papers of general interest t o chemists, it sould seem that on the whale these two volumes are directed toward those with special interests. E. W. A B R A H U ~ O N Case Institute of Technology Cleveland. Ohio Fuel Cells Edited hy Will Milehell, JI., AllisChdmem Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Academic P1e88, Inc., New Yark, 1963. xv 442 pp. Figs. and tables. 16 X 23.5 cm. $15.
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The publication of this volume, the first of a series of monographs a n chemical technology, attests to the faot that fuel cell technology has advitnoed rtnd matured in recent years. Not only do we have here an excellent review of current developments but also a more critical evaluation of several fuel cell systems than has hitherto been available. The volume consists of ten chapters written by authorities active in fuel cell research, development, and engineering. The following four fuel cell system, the development of which were pioneered by the authors, can be grouped together: The High Pressure Hydrogen-Oxygen Cell by A. M. Adams, F. T. Bacon, and R. G. H. Watson in Chapter 4; Ian Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells by L. W. Niedrach and W. T. Oruhh in Chapter 6; The Sodium Amalgam-Oxygen Continuous Feed Cell by Ernest Yeager in Chapter 7; and Low Temperature Hydrogen-oxygen Fuel Cells by K. V. Kordeseh in Chapter 8. Each is a review of the system to its present state of development, containing descriptions of methods of preparation of electrodes, application af catalysts, and details of fuel cell and battery designs. A wealth of experimental data including performance data on single cells rtnd batteries are presented in a large number of figures and tables. The advantages and disadvantages of each systemareenumerated and m n y practical and economic ameets are diacm~ed. A ment and engineering stages are pointed out. I n Chapter 5, High Temperature Fuel Cells by E. Gorin and H. L. Recht, a review of alkali carbonate cells to 1960 is presented. Since this time much progress on the alkali carbonate as well as the d i d oxide electrolyte fuel cell aystems has been made, but as yet a self-mstaining high temperature fuel cell bat,tery has not been reported on. I n Chapter 9, Carbonaceous Fuels by C. W. Foust and W. J. Sweenev. fuel cell economics are discussed a i d much interesting fuel cell cost estimates and comparisons with sctusl costs of different nvailhle power systems are made. In Chapter 10, Research Techniques for Fuel Cell Applications by Richard A. (Continued on page A4dJ5) Vol. 4 1, No. 5, May 1964
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