book reviews be recommended for those courses where students are fairly good readers. The text has an attractive format, is well illustrated, and seems to he relatively free of errors. Herben L. Smith Slippry Rock State College Slippery Rock. Pa. 16057
in ores, qualitative analysis of metal ions, and organic compound analysis. Laboratory safetv is stressed in the exoeriments in adGlen Tilbury, University of Wiseansinditiou to an qlening st.rtion on safely. Also Platteville. Rand McNally & Company, ~nrludedi% a helpful and rxtenrrve 'Mnrh Chicago, 1976. ii 236 pp. Figs. and tables. Skdls Review," nn npptndix on accuracy and 16 X 23 cm. precision, and a table of logarithms. The experiments have detailed introducThis is the third edition of an excellent tions with emphasis on the relevance of the supplementary problem-solving booklet for investigation. The objectives are clearly debeeinnine chemistw students. I t has features lineated and concepts which students need that make it p:micularly useful fm wll-study t o understand are summarized. of matrr~al~upplementingregular wxthooks. The manual is exceptionally free of typoSume 01 these arc r h n p ~ e r s wthe w e of t h ~ graphical errors, and the format of the expocket calculator, metric system, slide rule, periments, illustrations, and report forms is exponents, significant figures, and conversion well-designed. An appendix summarizes the factors. The first two topics above have been materials needed for all the experiments for added to this third edition. as well as revised specified numbers of students, while an inchapters on gas laws, eledrochemistry, and structor's manual (available from the nuboxidation-reduction titrations. . liihcrl give; a listing 01 equipment and The factor-label method has been used supplies required for enrh experiment uith throughout, which enables students t o eminstructions for preparation of solutions. ploy simple reasoning procedures rather than However, an estimation of the number of memory devices in problem solving. The laboratory hours required for each investielectron-transfer method is used for balanegation is not included. ing oxidstion-reduction equations, and the Clearly, the authors have provided a timely mole concept is stressed throughout. approach t o the laboratory experience. AlThe main generalchemistrytopics utilizing though detailed procedure sections and inmathematical skills are included in this structions for calculations are given, this is booklet. These include molecular volumes not cookbook chemistry. Students are enand weights, moles, gram equivalents, normuraged to work out individualized schemes, mality, weight and volume problems, titrsand they will need to develop important tions, volume dilutions, pH, equilibrium, laboratory skills and understand basic conelectro and thermochemistry. cepts and principles to complete the invesIn addition to man" samole . orohlems. . nhmt 23 practice pnhlems uith answers are tigations. included for most of the ;lOchapters This manual is highly recommended as a It is an exrellenl lrmklet r ~ t h e rfor home rich source of experiments designed to m u s e the interest of first-year chemistry students work assignments with any beginning and provide them with an enjoyable experichemistry textbook, or as a supplementary text for self-help or reference. The author ence. recommends i t for any of these uses, and Wilma K. Meckstrolh commends its up-to-date approach. The Ohio SfafeUniversity Lowell V. Heisey Newark Campus BrHgewater College Newark, Oh10 43055 Bridgewater, Va., 226 12 Problem Solving In Chemlstq
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General Chemlstq. Principles and Modern Applications. 2nd Edition Ralph H. Petrucci, California State College, San Bernardino. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1977. xx 790 pp. Figs. and tables. 21 X 24 em. $15.95.
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The text is organized along fairly standard lines. A chapter on matter, properties, and measurements is followed by a description of the develooment of the atomic theory. Two ehaoters on chemical arithmetic. lead& the stuient through stoichiometry, are foll&d by chapters on the physical states of matter. The next five chapters start from electrons in atoms and work through bonding, intermolecular forces, and crystal structures. Thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibria, acids and bases. and oxidation-reduction. includine electr&hemistry, are then followed by stud& of representative elements, transition elements, complex ions and coordination compounds, and nuclear chemistry. The remaining four chapters are devoted t o organic chemistry, chemistry of the living state, natural resources and man-made materials, and environmental chemistry. This impressive revision of Professor Petrucei's text will certainly receive the favorable attention of users of the first edition. Comprised of 25 chapters and 6 appendices, the second edition differs from the first primarily in the inclusion of chapters on nuclear chemistry and complex ions and coordination compounds, and in the nearly doubling of the exercises a t the end of the ehaoters. The mmhrr of hriel marginal nutes ha; nliu h e n incrensed Altl,ough rperial note s h < d dbe mndeofthestrmythenincof thraectitmr un physical states of matter and intermolecular forces, each chapter has apparently been carefully revised, resulting in sometimes subtle but noticeable improvement. The lucid expository style ofthe first edition has heen maintained throughout the revision. The hook is attractively and effectively illustrated, and is essentially free of misprints. The level of presentation is similar to that of most of the currently popular texts. In all, it deserves serious consideration for adoption. ~~~
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Fundamentals of Chemlstry in the Laboratory
Kurt Irgolic, Larry Peck, and Rod O'Connor. Texas A & M Universitv. Harper & R&, New York, 1977. xiii ill pp. Figs. and tables. 21 X 27.5 em. $6.95.
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This manual is designed for the first-year chemistry student and provides a laboratory experience unique in its emphasis on useful and aertinent applications to subjects such as industrial production, ecology, the environment, and consumer protection. Whereas the first edition contained 23 experiments, this edition has been expanded to39 experiments (called investigations). Some of these include the preparation of alum from aluminum cans, the extraction of sugar from sugar beets, the role of copper(I1) in algae growth, the detection of calcium in ovster shells and
hardness, commercial antacids, natural flavoring agents, caffeine, and chemical oxygen demand. Other experiments cover such topin as crvstal models. molecular weiehts. ioniration constants, buft'er systemr, pH-cont n h J sepnratlurw, cuurdinntam cumpoundr. organic aompwnd models, kinetics, mptali
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Elements of Organic Chemlstry Henry Zimmermon, New York City Community College of CUNY, and Isaok Zimmerman, Bronx Community College of CUNY. Glencoe Press, Inc., Encino, California, 1977. ixv 623 pp. Figs. and tables. 18 X 26 cm. $14.95-text. $4.95solutions manual.
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This text is designed for students of the health related pn,fersions. The authors stat? in their prefnce they haw "attempted to stre*, thorenrpm toiorgan~cchem~stry which are prrtinenc to hiuchemiutry."I heliwe they have rutreeded veni well in this aonl. To h e l ~ accomplish their goal biochemical topics follow soon after the necessarv , oreanic .. chemistry 1,ackground. Thus rarbohydrnrei Ibllou chapter* on alcohrls, aldehydes and ketones, and stereochemistry, but precede carboxylic acids. Unlike a comprehensive full year organic chemistry text, choices must he made as to what to leave out in a text for a one semester course fur allied hcnlrharudenur Nor ir there m y nrmrnrm agrermmt amung tcnrhers in this fleld as to what s h d d be included and ~
