book reviews Because of the increased use of instrumentation in food analysis, the chapter entitled "Special Instrumental Methods," was of particular interest even though no specific "methods" for using the instrument were given. The chapter does, however, give a brief description of a number of instruments that can be used in food analysis as well as the names and addresses of the manufacturers of these instruments. I recommend this book as an excellent reference book for educators and chemists in the food field.
JOAN ATTARD GEORGE General Foods Corporation 250 North Street White Plains, N . Y . 10625
with sources including the spark source. The majority of articles in Section 4 are devoted to a description of nmr micro cells. The revival of Raman Spectroscopy between 1966 and 1969 is reflected in Section 5. Articles describing Raman cells for use with corrosive liquids, pressurized liquids, and for variable temperature application are included. Modifications to Ultraviolet and visible spectrophotometers are covered in Section 6. X-ray spectroscopy, Section 7, includes articles on sample preparation techniques and sample holders and spectrograph modifications. Section 8 is comprised of several articles on a. variety of miscellaneous techniques. A reference index to "Applied Spectroscopy," Author index, and cumulative subject index for Volumes 1and 2 augment the text.
sponding information systems both in future automated abstracting operations and as cumnt support system for highspeed printing, producing "keyword" indexes and in maintaining and servicing interest profiles for users involved in Selective Dissemination of Information services. Chapter 15 covers the criteria necessary for evaluating abstractors and abstracting. There are 67 pages of abstract examples reprinted from Engineering Index, Polymer Science and Technology, Biological Abstracts, and Chemical Abstracts. A glossary, bibliography, and an adequate index complete the hook. The book is well-written, well-arganized, and contains many examples which are pertinent to the author's discussions. The only had feature appears to be the price, which will certainly limit its appeal. DAVID 8. GIFPORD Chemical Abstracts Service Columbus. Ohio
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Spectroscopic Tricks. Volume 2
Edited by h p o l d May, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. Plenum Press, New York, 1971. xiii 374 pp. Figs. and tables. 21 X 13.5 cm. $9.50.
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In "Spectroscopic Tricks-Volume 2" the author very nicely brings together some of the more pertinent articles an methodology from the Spectroscopic Techniques section of Applied Spectroscopy during the period 196668. Volume 1 is a. collection of similar articles from the 45, period 1959-65. (See THIS JOURNAL A238 (1969)). Students and newcomers to spectroscopy should find "Spectroscopica Tricks" a most useful source book for gaining entry into the field. For the most part, the articles are brief, to the point, illustrated, and well documented. They are arranged in sections corresponding to the different branches of spectroscopy. The practicing spectroscopist will find that the author has judiciously chosen and arranged his subject material so that different points of view on aparticular technique or device are presented sequentially and left to the reader for evaluation. Many useful tips, hints, tricks, and techniques are dispersed throughout the text. The first third of Section 1 deals with Atomic Absorption including articles on sample preparation and the hollow-cathode light source. The remainder of Section 1 covers various aspects of emission spectroscopy such as the Stallwood jet, sources, plate calibration, monochromators and monochromator modifications, wavelength identification and the measurement of spectral line width. In Section 2, Infrared Spectroscopy, several different pellet and pressed film techniques are described. Special cells for reactive materials, chemisorption studies, CLC fractions, the far infrared, and vmious window materiah are covered. Articles on photometric accuracy, integrated intensities and spectral coding for computer file searching are also included. Section 3 on Mms Spectromet,ry contains only three articles, d l of which deal
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Robert E. Maizell, Olin Corp. Research Center, New Haven, Conn., Julian F. Smith, Hickory, North Carolina, m d T . E. R. Singer, New York. WileyInterscience, New York, 1971. xvi 297 pp. Figa. and tables. 16 X 23.5 cm. 514.50.
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Maizell, Smith, and Singer have set themselves the unenviable task of producing a "bow to" book on abstracting scientific and technical literature. The book is divided into fifteen chapters each divided into shorter, more readable sub-sections. Chapters 1-3 include s simple introduction, who are the users of abstracting services, and the management of abstracting operations. Chapters 4-7 cover the technical aspects of selecting material for abstracting, the type and kinds of information that should be included in all abstracts, and a very readable chanter on writine abstracts. C h a ~ t e r8 discusses the writing of various kinds of specialized abstracts frequently encountered by scientists, e.g., meetingpaper abstracts, author abstracts, abstracts for company reports, and abstracts for personal files. Chapters 9-11 discuss the various methods of access to abstracts. Topics inoluded are indexing services, in-house abstracting bulletins, and the important role of the abstractor as a literature searcher. Chapter 12 lists some auxiliary services available from some of the larger abstracting services, e.g., abstracts i n microfilm, computer-searchable abstracts on magnetic tape, and specialized groupings such as the Organic Chemistry Section Grouping of Chemical Abstract?. Chapter 13 is a description of express services and stresses the importance of rapid dissemination of ahstracts to users. Chapter 14 is an excellent introduction to the use of computers and their carre-
Franz Bukatsch and Woljgdng Glockner, both of Munich (editors) with coworkers. Aulis Verlag Deuhner & Co., K61n (Cologne), West Germany. Band 311 Anorganische Chemie (Metalle) prepared by Gerhard Graeb, Ernst OUo, Heriberl Rampj (all from Munich) and Karl Weber, Strauhing, 1971. ix 218 pp. Diagrams. 17 X 23 em. DM 40 (= rtpprax. $12). Band 3/11 Anorganische Chemie (Analytische Chemie) prepared by Herbert Langheine, Braunschweig, and Ernst Otto, Munich. 177 pp. 17 X 23 em. 1971. ix DM 37 (= approx. 811.10)
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The general a i m and other details of this excellent 6 volume series were outlined and discussed in considerzbk detail in THIS JOURNAL 48, A120 (1971). Actual trials of some of the experiments have verified their usefulnas. Volume 3/11 deals with reactions of some of the metals, both for laboratory and demonstration procedures. The metals included are: the alkali metals (Na, K, Li); the alkaline earth metals ((Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba); Al, Ga; Sn, Ph; Sh, Bi; Cu, Ag, Au; Zn, Cd, Hg; Ce, lanthanides, actinides; Ti, Va; Cr, Mo, W; Mu; Fe, Co, Ni, Pt-metals. Students and teachers will profit by becoming acquainted with the contents of this book. The volume devoted to analysis (Band 3/11) is divided into three main portions: qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, and chromatography. The qualit,ative seebion contains a set of exercim designed to illustrat,e the behaviors on which the classic schemes are based hut contains no procedures for carrying out actual analyses. The quantitative section gives directions for conducting gravimetric, titrimetric, electrolytic, and colorimetric procedures and a few physical methods. Complexometrio methods close this section. No attempt is made to include stoichiometry nor is there any discw sion of the balance and other essential equipment. The closing section deals with the various types of chromato-
