BOOK REVIEWS reading of this hook would then he remarkably helpful in asses~ingthe evidence irom a fresh point of view. B u t if this presentation, admittedly introductory in the title, were to be the first approach to hetemc.yclie8 then the revieu-er holds some resenrations that the average graduate student would acquire an adequate factual grasp of heterooyclic chemistry. The heterocyclic field is important enough for any organic chemistry student to own a t least two texts devoted t o it, and Albert's text is highly recommended as one of them. CHARLES D. HURD Northwestern Univewit!, Euamton, Illinois Laminated Plastier
D. J. Dufin, Continental-Diamond Fibre Corp., Newark, Del. Reinhold Puhlishinp Corp., New York, 1958. viii 264 pp. Figs. and tables. 13.5 X 19 cm. $5.75.
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This tenth hook in the Reinhold Plastics Applications Series hears the mark of a professional writer. Mr. Duffin ii; editorial corisultsnt for Continental-Diamond Fibre Corporation, The hook shows both his technical and his writine
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The development follows a, logical order. There is a chapter apiece for each of the bask ingredients (the resins and the base materials). The following chapters deal with manufacturing, and the rest of the book discusses properties, handling, and uses of the product. An extended dimmsion is made of the rather striking, hirh temperature, heat-resistance properties of some of the laminates which are used as rocket parts. There are vcry adequate tables of physical properties of the laminates, of their applications, and their manufacturers. The interested technical man will he able to form a coiuplete picture of the role of these materials. Also, since this is one of the most readable of the Pleatics Application Series, it could well he a. usetul part of a. course in indu~trialchemistry, chemical engineering, ete., as an introduction to the plastics field which is likcly to encoura6.e furthcr interest. T n o M ~ sE. FERINGTON The Collepe of Wooster wooste7, Ohio Thermodynamics
Gordon J . Van Wylm, Chairman, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1859. xxiii 567 pp. Figs. and tables. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. $7.95.
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The author states in the preface t,hat one oi the reasons he prepared this hook was that hc believes there is Inom for a book
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BOOK REVIEWS that combines three features. These feitturrs he naured u s ( 0 ) :m xppnmh diwcted towrrd stuth.ut~,( L , :I rig0rou-i trcstuwttt of fu,.dmw8~tuli,and ( c A dirtinrtl) tvsnineering perspective. Although the hook represents an effort to fulfill these needs, there have been many books written in the field of thermodynamics which encompitas the above three features. The chemical engineering and chemistry professors will find little in this book, for their purpose, which has not been covered in other mechanical engineering thermodynamics texts. The classical approach is used in the treatment of the second law. Chapter ~
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JOHN J. MCKETTA C'niuersity o j Texas A ustin Gmelinr Handbuch der Anorganisrhen Chemie. Magnetic Maierialr: Supplement l o System 59, Iron
Edited by the Gmelin Institute under the direction of E. H. E . Pietsch. 8th ed. Verlag Chemie, GmbH, Wein580 heim/Bergster., 1959. xxxviii pp. 308 figs. Tables. 17.5 X 25 cm. $78.24.
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With the growth of the use of ferrw magnetics in the communications and other technological fields, a vast amount of theoretical and practical information has been obtained concerning these compounds. This volume of the Gmelin Handbook attempts, with some success, to bring up-to-date the literature dealing with the magnetic and electric properties of various alloy systems. In some instances, literature as late 6s 1957 is included. One small section of this volume deals with the terminology and symbols of this field, and a second section with the theoretical aspects of ferro-magnetism. A comprehensive description of ferro-magnetic materials that should prove useful both in fundamental and applied research is given. Alloys of iron, cobalt, nickel, manganese, and chromium are treated herein. A large section is devoted to ferro-magnetic semi-conductors. Special mention must be made of the se:tion devoted t o patent literature concerning the preparation and the heaetreatment of magnetic materials, which should be valuable in the field of applied research. There is a special alphabetical cataloguing of the alloys and oxide systems in this section. The subject index is given both in German and English.
R. WILLIAMS THEODORE The College of Wooster Wooster, Ohio Chemical Engineering Practice. Volume 6, Fluid Systems 2
Edited by Herbert W. Cremer and T~efor Davies. Academic Press, Inc., New 600 xr DD. 11 York. 1959. vii Figs. and' tables.' 1 6 . 5 " ~ 25 cm. $19.50.
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Volume 6 is chock-full of good material. It is divided into five main sections. The section on Liquid-Gas Systems contains three fairly thorough chapters on Gas Absorption Column (73 pages), Operating Characteristics of Packed Ahsorotion Columns (17 pages), and ~ v a ~ o r a t i o n Practice (50 pages). The section on Fluidization contains two excellent chapters an Fluidisation and Fluidized Beds (28 pages), and Applicapages). tions of Fluidization (50 . . . (Continued on page A44)
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