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present monograph’s designs are rather modest by comparison, certainly much less ambitious than one might infer from the title. A reasonable frame of reference with regard to the author’s intentions is established by the fol-
lowing quotation from comments on the overleaf: “The book has been written with the preparative chemist in mind. All the basic equations are pre-
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istry. The book is intended primarily for final year undergraduates, and for postgraduate students and research workers in inorganic chemistry.” After reading a few chapters, one finds that the main concern of the author is the characterization of n-values, formal electrode potentials and stable oxidation states associated with inorganic redox couples. He emphasizes the important fact that modern electrochemical techniques, such as cyclic voltammetery, allow one to determine rivalries and formal electrode potentials under conditions where classical methods would be impotent—e.g., when one form of the redox couple is markedly unstable. A major theme is that such electrochemical measurements should be part of any routine characterization of new inorganic species, along with the usual spectroscopic methods, etc. The main thrust of the discussion is toward simple, reversible electrode reactions; specifically, what information is obtainable with such systems and how one establishes reversibility. Effects which lead to more complex, nonrcversible electrode reactions are mentioned, but the author avoids much discussion of what can be done in the latter instance, justifying this action with the outlook that few inorganic chemists will be interested in “detailed,” “specialized” studies. Once oriented with regard to the author’s intentions, many should find this
rather delightful and useful little book. It represents a reasonably effective distillation of those aspects of modern electrochemistry which are imof inorportant. to the main concerns ganic chemists, as viewed by the author. The main topics covered are: (a) direct potentiometry; (b) polarographv and voltammetry; (c) electrode reaction kinetics; (d) techniques for verifying reversibility; (e) controlled potential electrolysis and coulometry; (f) aqueous solutions; (g) nonaqueous solutions, and; (h) molten salts. The discussion is on a strictly pragmatic level (although instrumentation is not discussed) and subjects like cell design, solvent purification, and data analysis are highlighted. With the a
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This book is volume XIV of a series entitled “Technique of Organic Chemistry.” Chapter I contains a discussion of fundamental photophvsical and photochemical concepts, and is intended to lay a foundation for the later chapters. The material covers elementary spectroscopic, energetic, and photochemical concepts and definitions, as well as a brief summary of classes of photochemical reaction. In Chapter II emphasis is placed on energy transfer in organic photochemistry, an area with very substantial and rapid advance which has become a focus of photochemistry research. The purpose of this chapter is
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and phenomenological viewpoints and to review the scope and limitations of excitation transfer methods in photochemistry and spectroscopy. In the third chapter, the important areas of photochemistry of organic molecules are surveyed by emphasizing the similarities and correlations between the photochemical behavior of different organic molecules. In the final chapter, the advances in photochemical methods are reviewed primarily for the organic chemists; therefore, the chapter deals only with liquid systems and the emphasis is on physical and preparative experimental techniques that require a minimum of specialized apparatus. This volume contains both an author index and a subject index. One-dimensional Two-phase Flow. Graham B. Wallis, xxi + 408 pages. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 330 West 42nd St., New York, N. Y. 10036. $16.50
This book is intended both as a text for senior-graduate level courses in advanced fluid mechanics and as a reference for engineers. It fulfills three major functions: (1) it serves as a basic introductory book in the field; (2) presents basic principles, methods, nomenclature, and kinematic descriptions; (3) coordinates the various disciplines—e.g., mechanical, civil, chemical—which make use of similar techniques. This is also the first book that treats flows of solid-liquid, liquid-gas, and gas-solid mixtures in ducts, channels, and nozzles in any detail and with such a broad range of practical applications. The text is divided into two sections. Part I examines analytical techniques which the author has purposely chosen for their generality and usefulness in predicting parameters which arc of engineering interest. Part II, which is organized around particular phase combinations and flow regimes, incorporates all the techniques which have already been developed in the first half of the text and uses them whenever they are appropriate for a particular situation. Organic Syntheses, Vol. 49. Kenneth ix + 159 pages. B. Wiberg, Editor, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10016. 1969. $7.95 This is an annual publication of satisfactory methods for the preparation of organic chemicals. The preparations in this volume, like those in earlier volumes of this book, fall into two major categories. In one category are the procedures that illustrate general synthetic methods of importance and nov-
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Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 4th ed. I. M. Kolthoff, E. B. Sandell, E. J. Meehan, and Stanley Bruckenstein. xii + 1199 pages. Macmillan Co., 866 Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022. 1969. $14.95
This book is the fourth edition of an internationally renowned text which provides students with both theoretical and practical aspects of analytical chemistry, quantitative analysis, and instrumental analysis. This text is suitable for use in both elementary and advanced courses in analytical chemistry. It provides an excellent supplement for courses in chemical equilibria, optical methods of analysis, and electroanalytical chemistry. Advanced treatments of all types of chemical equilibria, errors, separations, precipitates, and other theoretical topics of analytical imThis
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Chemical Encyclopedia of Industrial Analysis, Vol. 8. Foster Dee Snell and Leslie S. Ettre, Editors, xvi + 737 pages. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10016. 1969. $35.00 subscription, $45.00 single copy This volume of the Encyclopedia is devoted to industrial chemicals. The main entries are divided into four major groups: (1) Individual Compounds—certain compounds, by virtue of their commercial significance or the complexity of the analytical chemistry involved, have been selected as subjects of separate articles; (2) Elements and Their Compounds—these articles compile information related to the element itself, its alloys if any, and those compounds which do not warrant treatment in a separate article; (3) Compounds of Similar Chemical Structure—articles of this nature deal with organic compounds containing the same functional group; (4) Compounds with the Same End Use—articles in this category are intended to aid the analyst who is called
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Crystal Structures, 2nd ed. Vol. 6, Part 1. Ralph W. G. Wyckoff. viii + 455 pages. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10016. 1969. $27.50
This sixth volume deals with the structure of benzene derivatives. The single volume that W'as given over to structures containing cyclic organic molecules in the loose-leaf edition of this book has been expanded into three volumes. This, the first of these volumes
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This handbook collates many data that are essential to scientists concerned with the analysis of drugs, economic poisons, industrial chemicals, and environmental hazards. In addition to collating the physical and chemical properties of drugs and chemical hazards, summaries of published methods for their detection in biological specimens are presented. The reader is given an insight into the analytical approach to the analysis of many compounds and a specific reference wherein the essential details can be found. The result of a quantitative analysis is usually interpreted by comparing it with
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X-rays. Radio-Release in Review (ORNL-11C18) (with special emphasis on 85KR clathrates and kryptonates). Joan E. Carden. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., for AEC. July 1969. 46 pages.
This review discusses the developof the radio-release method, in which a nonradioactive component is determined indirectly by the quantitative release of a radioactive material from a radioactive reagent with which the sample is contacted. Eighteen successful radio-release techniques are discussed in detail with special emphasis on the highly versatile Kryptonates, and sensitivity data are presented. ment
