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This manual is suited for use with any text that treats theoretical and spectroscopic aspects of chemistry a t some length in the beginning of the course. The learning laboratory technique is emphasized until the text begins to deal with easily verifiable chemical principles such as stoichiometry, gas l a m , and so on. This manual can be used with almost any test through the proper selection of experiments. The experimental procedures are written in detail so that b y referring to the illustrations included, the student should be able to visualize most of the procedure before entering the laboratory. More than three-fourths of the experiments include unknov-ns which facilitates objective grading, Even though the manual contains sufficient experiments for a two-semester course for science majors, it can be adapted easily for a tn-0- or one-semester course for nonscience majors by selecting appropriate experiments from the general, organic, and biochemical sections. X-Ray and Electron Probe Analysis Ln Biomedical Research. K. M. Earle and A. K. Tousimis, Eds. ix 105 pages. Plenum Publishing Corp., 114 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10011. 1969. $12.50
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Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy: Theory and Experiment. E. F. H. Brittain, W. 0 . George, and C. H. J. Wells. ix 387 pages. Academic Press, Inc., 1 1 1 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10003. 1970. 120s
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This book presents a balanced treatment of the principal methods of molecular spectrometry together with selected practical work. The book is intended primarily for undergraduate courses in chemistry. Beginning with an introduction which develops theoretical principles involving classical concepts, wave mechanics. and symmetry, the book describes the principles. inqtruments, and experimental methods of electronic (ultraviolet and visible) and vibrational (infrared and Raman) spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic
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This book is the English edition of the original Czech monograph. It has been thoroughly revised, brought upto-date, and enlarged. It represents a systematic basic review of the available information on the application, structure, manufacture, adsorption properties, and testing of, as well as methods of research into, active carbon. A unique feature of this book is the inclusion of relevant work from Russia and Czechoslovakia which until now has been virtually inaccessible.
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