prised by the extensive coverage (now including mixtures) the solid binding, and unfortunately, the price for 500 + pages of photographed typewritten pages. Values of second virial coefficients are given for 387 pure components and 533 binary pairs. 'Third virial coefficients are given for man" oure systems but only a few mixtures. As in t h e early edition, graphically smoothed values are given for a number of extensively studied substances, usually with remarks indicating which data were selected if differences exist among measurements. While the discrepancies for benzene have heen apparently cleared up, the authors did not attempt t o solve the problems of met ha^ nol, fluorine, ammonia, and low temperature water (1400K). In nearly all cases where volumetric data were used, helpful estimates are given of the errors, either from the original paper or with the authors classification system. For most of the data, the enperimental method is listed. In most mixtures values oC the pure coefficients are listed if used t o cobtain the desired cross coefficient.
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where smoothing and critical evaluation were not done because the temperatures used by different workers are renerallv not the same. There is no discussion of the possibility of using theory or correlations to help smooth the data. I would h a r e thought that more powerful techniques than the graphical one would he useful. No separate discussion of those systems in need of measurement is given, though occasionally (such as with acetylene) the need is made clear for an individual system. This book has a limited appeal; it is primarily for theoreticians, carrelators, and experimenters in the area of vapor imperfections a t moderate densities. A library copy might he valuable to physical property specialists in chemical process design since it contains data on many complex substances which could then be used t o obtain parameters in their correlations. It might be valuable also t o thermodynamics teachers wishing to put real numbers into their homework and test problems though no correlating e q u a ~ tions are given. However, the average chemist or physicist will find the price too high for the limited use he or she would make.
J. P. D'CONNELL University of Florida Gainesviile. FL 32601 R e a c t i o n R a t e s of Isotopic Molecules Lars Meiander and William H. Saunders, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. vii 331 pp. Figs. and tables. 23.6 X 15.6 cm. $29.95.
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According to the Preface, this work may be considered a second edition of Melander's 1960 book "Isotope Effects on Reaction Rates" (Ronald Press). Melander's hook was outstandingly successful in providing a concise and critical introduction to the use of kinetic isotope effects in mechanistic research. "Reaction Rates of Isotopic Molecules" should prove a worthy successor. Although the organization of the 1960 bm,k has been retained largely, the text has heen
completely rewritten and revised to include research developments of the past two decades. T h e extent of the revision is apparent Rom the fact that roughly three quarters of the cited references are dated 1961 or later. A uarticularlv valuable addition is a new chapter which discusses the use of computers in modelling isotope effects. Other advances are reflected in expanded coverage of several topics. Notable among these are solvent isotope effects and the treatment of quantum mechanical tunnelling. Despite substantial revision and the participation of a new author, the text has maintained the level of presentation and the extreme clarity which distinguished the 1960 book. A review of "Isotope Effects an Reaction Rates" (THIS JOURNAL, 38,330 (1961)) closed with the statement "It should appeal t o the beginner and expert alike and should he on the desk of every research scientist who uses isotopes." This assessment is equally valid as applied t o "Reaction Rates of l s o t o ~ pic Molecules."
M. D. PATTENGILL University of Kentucky Lexington. KY 40506 R e s e a r c h In A s s e s s m e n t I1 Chemical Society Assessment Group. Birmingham. England. 1979. 120 pp. Tables. 15 X 21 cm. f 3.00. T h e title of this booklet is rather misleading unlens one allows the collection of questiunnaires and the expression of opinions to constitute research. These proceedings deal almost exclusively with the evaluation of students in a way that is uniquely applicable t o the British system. T h e first paper, "The Supervision of Post Graduate Research Students," simply reports opinion polls of students and their supwvisors without offering either enlightenment or routes for resolving the dissatisfactions encountered. This is followed by 3 papers on assessment (grading) of practical laboratory work in secondary level ehem, m organic, and in p~ chem, respectively. T h e attempts to obtain a single scale for grading have little, if any, utility beyond the British schools. A nine-page paper by M. A. Small, [Jniversity of Aston, "Student Project Work a t the Tertiary Level" contains some useful checklists fur someone new to planning this type of laboratory work. In other papers, pre-university grades were found t o be poorer predictors of degree success than first year university grades; and the value of student experimentation was questioned.
recommended reading for those who wish t o obtain more complete information from multiple-choice examinations. Both "elimination testing" (identification of wrong responses) and ''confidence testing" (a scale of "belief' for questions that do not have unique correct responses) are hriefly discussed. Item difficulty, item discrimination, and total test reliability are also mentioned. THOMASE. TAYLOR Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 Volume 58
Continuing S e r i e s A d v a n c e s in C a r b o h y d r a t e Chemistry a n d Biochemistry. Volume 37 Editors: Stuart R. Tipson and Derek Horion, Academic Press. New York. 1980, x 484 pp. Figs. and tables. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. $49.50. Table of Contents: William Ward Pigman (1910-1977); Free-Radical Reactions of Carbohydrates as Studied by Radiation Techniques; Synthesis of L-Ascorbic Acid; Primary Structure of Glycoprotein Glycans: Basis for the Molecular Biology of Glycaproteins: Neoglycoproteins: The Preparation and Application of Synthetic Glycaproteins; Biochemistry of N-D-Gaiactosidic Linkages in the Plant Kingdom; Bibliography of Crystal Structures of Carbohydrates. Nucieosides, and Nucieotides 1976.
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A d v a n c e s in Inorganic Chemistry a n d Radiochemistry. Volume 23 Editors: H J. Erneleus and A. G. Sharpe, Academic Press, New York. 1980. ix 441 pp. Figs. and tables. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. $51.00. Table of Contents: Recent Advances in Organotin Chemistry: Transition Metal Vapor Cryochemistty: New Methods for the Synthesis of TrifluoromethylOrganometallic Compounds: 1.1-Dithiolato Complexes of the Transition Elements; Graphite Intercalation Compounds: Solid-state Chemistry of Thio-, Seleno-, and Tellurohalides of Representative and Transition Elements.
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R e v i e w s in Bio Toxicology. Vol. 2 Editors: Ernest Hodgson, John R. Bend, and RichardM Phiipot, Elsevier North Holland, Inc.. New York. 1980. ix 300 pp. Figs. and tabies. 16.5 X 24.5 cm. $35.00. Table of Contents: Xenabiotic-Metabolizing Enzymes; Toxic Compounds; Modes of Toxic Action; Metabolic Pathways: Methodology of Biochemical Toxicology.
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A d v a n c e s in Organometallic Chemistry. Volume 18 editors:.^. G. A. Sfone and Robert West. AcaCemc I'less. k c * Y o ~ K . 1980 x t 354 pp k 9s. an0 la0 cs 15 5 23 5 cm Tan e of Conlenls Fo..r Dnc;ales of Mcln Carbonyl Chemistry in Liquid Ammonia: Aspects and Prospects; Organoiithium Catalysis of Olefin and Diene Poiymerization: Ziegler-Natta Catalysis; Chiral Metal Atoms in Optically Active Organo-Transition-Metal Compounds; Mixed-Metal Clusters; Trends in Organosilicon Biological Research: Boron Heterocycles as Ligands in Transition-Metal Chemistry. ~~
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