journal articles, with Tars JOUENALPrecipitation Reactions, and Precipitation receiving most frequent mention. Lines (J. F. Coetzee). Analytical chemExamination of the very complete ists will recognize many of their most index will prove the author's statement respected colleagues and friends from that considerable descriptive chemistry related fields among these authors, and is contained in this book. Its placement will not he surprised a t the general exceland quantity, the author coneede~,may lence of the text. seem unorthodox. Teachers are expected The volume has been edited with care to add more descriptions of their own and skill so that it is remarkably uniform choice and to omit those theoretical in spite of the many authors that have topics which they do not wish to discuss. contributed to it. The only glaring editorial fault-and in my opinion it is LAWRENCEP. ERLIN a serious one-is that literature references Ohio University are grouped together a t the end of each Athens. Ohio chapter. Such a nice, neat orderly list gladdens the heart of a copy editor, hut it is a very r e d annoyance to have to keep paging back and forth between references and text. In a reference Treatise on Analytical Chemistry. work of thia kind literature citations ought Volume 1 of Part I, Theory and Practice to be a living part of the text, and therefore they should be placed where they can he Edited by I. M. Kolthoff, University of used efficiently and easily, namely, as Minnesota, and Philip J. Elving, footnotes on each page. University of Michigan, with the assise There certainly is real need for an ance of Ernest R. S a d U , University authoritative, comprehensive treatise on of Minnesota. Interscience Publi~hers, auitlytiesl chemistry. However, because 809 pp. Inc., New York, 1959. xxvi the theory and general practice of anal* Figs. and tables. 17 x 24 cm. Single ical chemistry already are treated a t least copy, 517.50. This volume by subfairly adequately in existing special mononcription, 515. graphs, the need for Pnrt I of the present Treatise is not nearly as urgent as for the As stated in the opening sentence of the planned Parts I1 and 111. In my opinion Preface, "The aims and objectives of this this Treatise will make its greatest contriTreatise are to present a concise, critical, bution to its subject in Part I1 on the comprehensive, and systemittie, but not Analytical Chemistry of the Elements, and exhaustive, treatment of all aspects of I look forward eagerly to the appearance classical and modern analytical chemisof the volumes of this part. try." This aim is ambitious indeed, but the experience, competence, and enthusiJAMES J. LINQANE aam of Professors Kalthoff, Elving, and Hamad University Sandell is such that the probability is high Cambridge, Massachusetts that it ultimately will be achieved. The intention is to publish the Treatise in three parts: Part I, Theory and Practice; Part 11, Analytical Chemistry of the Source Book of Industrial Solvents. Elements; and Part 111, Analysis of Volume 3. Monohydric Alcohols Industrial Products. Each of these parts will comprise many volumes. The three Zbwl Mellan, Polychrome Corp., Yonparts will not be published seriatim, but kers, New York. Reinhold Publishing concurrently volume by volume. 276 pp. Corp., New York, 1959. vi The present volume is the first of Part I, 57 tables. 16 X 23.5 om. $10, it is only the beginning and yet comprises 809 pages! Its nineteen chapters and This book is just what its title implies. their authors are as follows: Methods of It will be useful for the industrial chemist Analytical Chemistry (Emest B. Sandell who needs to he reminded in the introducand Philip J . Elviug), Errors in Chemied tion that "alcohols are secondary when Analysis (Sandell), Accuracy and Precision they contain the g r o u p C H O H joined to (W. J. Youden), Principles and Methods 35, two radicals." See also THIS JOURNAL of Sampling (William W. Wdton and 370 (1958). James I. Hoffman), Elements and Compounds (James I. Watters), Atomic Weights (Edward Withers), Chemiod Equilibrium and the Thermodynamics of Reactions (T. S. Lee), Graphic PresentaThe Chemistry and Physics of Clays and tion of Equilibrium Data (Lm8 G. Sillen), Other Ceramic Materials Electrode Potentials ((Roger G. Bates), Concept and Determination of pH (Roger Alfred B. Searle and RQ W. Crimshaw. G. Bates), Cancepte of Acids and Bases 3rd ed. Interscience Publishers, Inc., (I. M. Kolthoff), Acid-Base Strength and New York, 1959. 942 pp. Figs. and Protolysis Curves in Water (Stanley tables. 16.5 X 23.5 cm. $16.25. Bruckenstein and Kolthoff), Acid-Base Equilibria in Nonaqueous Solutions (KO& Although nominally a third edition of hoffand Stanley Bruckenstein), Complexathe book of the same title whioh appeared tion Reactions (Anders Ringhom), Mech25 years ago this treatise has been so exanisms of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions tensively revised m d rewritten that it is (Fredrick R. Duke), Oxidation-Reduction really an entirely new book. Because of Equilibria and Titration Curves (Duke), the rapid development and diligent a p Solubility (D. L. Leussing), Precipitates: plication of new methods of research it has Their Formation, Properties, and Purity now become possible to explain much of (Murrell L. Sdutsky), Equilibria in the art of ceramics in physicochemicd
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terms, a point of view which is properly stressed in the present volume. Conse quently it will be of great value not only to the practical man interested in the technology of ceramic manufacture hut also to the student or teacher looking for examplcs of fruitful application of fundamental concepts to problems of genuine industrial importance. The scope of the hook is comprehensive. The 220 illustrations and 173 tables worked smoothly into the clearly written text provide easy access to detailed information whioh is otherwise frequently hard to locate. Here is much valuable reference meterid for instructors responsible for advanced courses in colloid or inorganic chemistry, crystallography, mineralogy, or phase ~ l eas, well as for chemical engineers interested in industrial technology or ceramists seeking answers to specific problems. Abundant references are provided to facilitate further detailed study. Naturally any book which attempts such comprehensive coverage is hound to be somewhat uneven in its treatment of different topics. I t is very helpful to have a clear presentation of the geometry of packing, coordination numbers, snd the nomenclature and elements of crystallography preceding the discussion of the crystal structure of the clay minerals and methods for their identification. However, the treatment of colloid chemistry is relatively inferior, stopping with the old ideas of lyospheres, and taking no cognizance of modem Duteh and Russian work on the origin of the forces between colloidal particles, nor of American work relating sedimentation volume and rheological behavior to the siee and shape of the constituent particles, and the type of packing structure or coordinated network whioh they form. The section on phase diagrams is excellent but the chapter on Equilibrium State and Physico-Chemical Reaotions, although intended to provide a theoretical background for discussion of physical and chemical changes occurring in clay ssystems, is in reality a superiieial review of general physical chemistry which is better presented elsewhere, as in Glasstone's treatise. Occasionally erroneous statements creep in, as the assertion an page 74 that van der Wad's forces are due to the setting up of permanent dipoles in adjacent molecules, or the presumed implication on page 616 that the rate of reaction is related to the magnitude of the energy change. Although the authors have obviously made a deliberate attempt to include references to American as well as British sources the fact remains that the bulk ..of the illustrative material is of British origin. Although earlier papers of Grim, Hendricks, etc., are cited there is little or no note taken of their recent work nor of that of van Olphen, Marshall, Bradley, and other distinguished investigators. Parallel references to standard American sources as well as to British authorities, as in the discussion of analysis and chromatography on page 216, would increase the utility of the hook in this country. Likewise incorporation in the tabular material of characteristics of clay deposits and their properties from United States, (Continued o n page AlO4)
