depression, osmotic pressure, fractional distillation, and ternary phase diagrams. Of all the chapters I found this one most interesting. Chapter 9 condudes the book with a short section on the thermodynamics of chemical reactions and a short discussion of thermodynamics in reactors. The only major problem with the text was the overabundance of variables defined for almost every conceivable circumstance. The author defines, for example, special symbols for (a) property per unit mass, (b) property per unit mole, (e) partial property per mole, (d) ideal property if pure, (el ideal property at infinite dilution, and the ubiquitous (0 standard state property. In a nutshell, all these special designations get confusing. The book also comes with a 5%-in. floppy disk with several DrOZIams intended to do some heavy numbkr hunching far same of the problems. Included are programs to ealculate thermodynamic properties of a gas using a cubic equation of state, determine multicomponent equilibria and free energy, and estimate equilibrium constants of chemical reactions at different temperatures. David W. Ball Lawrence Berkeley Lamatory Mail S t w 70A-1115 1 cydlmron Road Berkeley. CA 94720
Principles of Hazardous Materials Management Roger D. Griffin. Lewis Publishers: Chelsea. MI, 1988. 212 pp. Figs. and tables. 15.8 X 23.5 cm. $45.00. T h e rising tide of interdisciplinary courses, especially along the shores of environmental concern, sometimes brings chemistry instructors into unfamiliar waters. Faculty members drafted to teach a course preparing students for jobs in the handling of hazardous materials will find this book a useful text. I t offerscarefully outlined chapters on elementary toxicology, risk assessment, air pouution, ground water protection, the transport of hazardous materials, analytical methods, waste treatment and disposal, and good management practices. There are weU-selected references for adding to the education of the instructor. One appendix covers Federal Regulations and another the approaches taken by California, a trend-setting state. The author, a chemical engineer with training in industrial hygiene and field experience in government agencies, has used the collected information when teaching the core course in UCLA's certificate program in Hazardous Materials Management. The hook will have broader application, say, in courses in industrial chemistry and as an authority in the evaluation of l d campus practices. Malcolm M. Renfrew Universily of Idaho MOSCOW. ID 83843
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