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Chemical Instrumentation—II A v o l u m e of r e p r i n t s f r o m t h e Journal of Chemical Education Galen W. Ewing,
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This new collection of selected reprint articles from the "Topics in Chemical Instrumentation" column in the JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION provides excellent coverage of the field from 1970 through 1975. In order to furnish the most complete, up-to-date information on the suPject many of the authors have added supplemental material to their papers. The 36 reprints are listed according to suPject matter rather than Py chronological order. This useful collection will be of particular interest to analytical chemists, college chemistry faculties, research chemists, librarians, and those seeking an introduction to the state of the art. CONTENTS A Review of Wavelength Calibration Methods for Visible-Range Photoelectric Spectrophotometers · Instrumentation for Fluorescence and Phosphorescence · Optical Rotatory Dispersion and Circular Dichroism · Atomic Spectroscopy Atomization Systems · Multiplex Spectrophotometry • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometers · X-Rays and Electrons in Analytical Chemistry, with Emphasis on Instrumentation · Infrared Detectors a Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectroscopy · Electron Spectroscopy Instrumentation · Step Perturbation Relaxation Techniques · Scanning Electron Microscopy # Reference Electrodes · Anodic Stripping Voltammetry · The Measurement of Electrolytic Conductance · Thermal Analysis Techniques · Analytical Applications of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry · Liquid Chromatography Detectors · Recent Developments in Instrumentation for Liquid Chromatography · Current Trends in Gel Permeation Chromatography · Instrumentation for Thin Layer Chromatography · Centrifugal Analyzers—A New concept in Automation for the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory * Continuous Flow Measurement of Beta Radiation Using Suspended Scintillators « Nuclear Radiation Detectors · Laboratory Automation—A Case History · Laboratory Integrators · Lock-in Amplifiers · Signal Averagers · Home-Built Equipment in the Teaching Laboratory · Sir Charles' Bridge · An Introduction to Microelectronics · Inert Atmosphere Enclosures · Analytical Instrumentation: 1940-41 Vintage · Calculators for the Chemist Φ Analysis of Gases in Metals: Fusion and Extraction Methods a Specialized Instruments for the Determination of Sulfur by the Combustion Method 310 pages (1977) hardback $12.00 ISBN 0-8412-0367-9 LC 73-153064 SIS/American Chemical Society 1155 16th St., N.W./Wash., D C . 20036 copies of Chemical Please send Instrumentation—II at $12.00 per copy ~ Check enclosed for $ . Π Bill me. Postpaid in U.S. and Canada, plus 40 cents elsewhere. Name Address City
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ed by the rather complete literature search of shielding anisotropies and shielding tensors presented in Chapter 5. In the remaining chapters the au thor develops the theoretical notions of several experiments employed in high resolution NMR studies in the solid state. On the whole, the book is excellent. However, the omission of an author or subject index and the amputation within the first paragraph on page 4 represent minor annoyances. This book is a worthwhile acquisition for all serious students who apply mag netic resonance techniques to prob lems in chemical physics.
logical systems. They also illustrate the kinds of biological problems that are being studied by such methods. Beyond cyclic voltammetry and con trolled potential coulometry, the use of optically transparent thin-layer electrodes, rotating ring-disc enzyme electrodes, mediator titrants, differen tial capacitance and electrocapillary phenomena, and differential pulse polarography is discussed. The applica tions range from the analysis of N T A and EDTA in water samples to the characterization of the redox chemis try for several metalloproteins. The book is reproduced from author-fur nished typewritten texts.
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Air Pollution. 3rd Ed. Vol. Ill, Measur ing, Monitoring, and Surveillance of Air Pollution. Arthur C. S t e r n , Ed. x x + 7 9 9 p a g e s . A c a d e m i c Press Inc., 111 Fifth A v e . , N e w Y o r k , N.Y. 1 0 0 0 3 . 1976. $42.50
Topics in C h e m i c a l Instrumentation— II. Galen W . E w i n g , Ed. 3 1 0 p a g e s . A m e r i c a n C h e m i c a l S o c i e t y , 1155 Six t e e n t h St., N.W., W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. 20036. 1977.$12
Reproduced in this volume, as in the previous volume, are articles from the "Topics in Chemical Instrumenta tion" column in The Journal of Chemical Education. All of the arti cles from January 1970 through No vember 1975 are included. They have been arranged, not chronologically, but by subject matter. Many of the ar ticles on a topic written by the same author but appearing separately in the journal are combined into a chapter for this book. There are 39 such chap ters which cover just about all areas of analytical instrumentation such as in strumentation for fluorescence and phosphorescence, ORD and CD, AA, NMR, IR, electron spectroscopy, elec tron microscopy, MS, GC, HPLC, TLC, radiochemistry, and electro chemistry. E l e c t r o c h e m i c a l Studies of Biological Systems. D o n a l d T. S a w y e r , Ed. viii + 216 pages. American Chemical Soci ety, 1155 S i x t e e n t h St., N.W., W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. 2 0 0 3 6 . 1 9 7 7 . $ 1 5 . 5 0
A symposium on electrochemical studies of biological systems was spon sored by the Division of Analytical Chemistry at the 172nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, August 30, 1976. The papers presented at that symposium are now compiled as the 38th volume of the ACS Symposium Series. The 12 papers of the sympo sium provide a representative cross section of the kinds of electrochemical techniques that are used to study bio
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Volume III of the five-volume text on air pollution covers aspects of air pollution relevant to analytical chem istry. All but one of the 21 contribu tors are from the U.S. and are current ly engaged in the development of methods for sampling, analysis, and monitoring of air pollution. The 17 chapters of the book are arranged into three major sections: sampling and analysis, ambient air surveillance, and source surveillance. Included under the sampling and analysis section are eight chapters on particulate matter sampling and sizing, analysis of inor ganic particulates, microscopy and pollution analysis, sampling and cali bration of gaseous pollutants, hydro carbons and carbon oxides, sulfur compounds, nitrogen compounds and oxidants, and odors. The section on ambient air surveillance contains chapters on ambient air quality sur veillance, air pollution effect surveil lance, radionuclide surveillance, air quality data handling and analysis, and global monitoring and surveil lance of air pollution. Finally, the four chapters of the last section cover stack sampling; source monitoring; mea surement, testing, and surveillance of air pollution from mobile sources; and emission inventory.
Continuing Series Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 10. A l l e n J . B a r d , Ed. x + 3 0 4 p a g e s . Mar c e l D e k k e r , Inc., 2 7 0 Madison A v e . , N e w Y o r k , N.Y. 1 0 0 1 6 . 1977. $ 2 9 . 7 5
The two topical areas reviewed in
