dudes: Themoohemistry and Thermodynamic Properties of Substances, by E. F. Westrum, Jr.; Cryogenics, C. F. Squire; Solutions of Electrolytes and Diffusion in Liquids, R. A. Robinson and R. H. Stokes; Solutions of Nonelectrolytes, Z. W. Salsburg; The Solid State, J. A. Krumhansl; Nuclear and Electron Magnetic Resonance, H. M. McConnell; Radiation Chemistry, W. M. Garrison; Quantum Theory, J. W. Linnett and P. G. Diokens; High Polymers in Solution, J. J. Hermans; Kinetics of Polymerizstion, F. W. Peaker; Surface Chemistry and Contact Catdyais, B. S. Rabinavitch and J. H. Singleton; Electrode Processes, P. Delahay; Kinetics of Reactions in Gases, H. S. Johnston; Kinetics of Reactions in Solution, E. L. King; Organic Reaction Mechanisms, J. D. Roberts, G. S. Hammond, and D. J. Cram; Molecular Electronic Spectroscopy, T. Forster; VihrationRotation Spectroscopy, W. F. Edgell; Experimental Molecular Structure, P. J. Wheatley; Combustionand Flames, H. G. Wolfhard and D. S. Burgess; The Physical Chemistry of Proteins, W. Kmumsnn; Bond Energies, A. H. Sehon and M. Sawarc; and Ion-Exchange Resins and Membranes, by H. P. Gregor. Thwe is d s o a. proposed list of topics and authors for Volume 9 (1958). In Volume 8 there are 527 well-packed pages a t I'/s$ per page which in itself is an outstanding achievement for a work of this nature. This book should be in the hands of everyone interested in physical chemistry. DALE DREISBACH HIB*MCOLLE~E Hrsna. Onro
TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN APPLIED CHhlISTRY
R. C. L. Bosworfh, Sydney, Australia. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1956. x 387 pp. S l figs. 5 tables. 14 X 21.5 om. $12.
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IN THIS book the author presents a rather complete theoretical discussion of transport phenomena, making particular applications to industrial chemioel prooesse8. He b e ~ n swith a general treatment, applicsble to all types of transport processes, such as the flow of momentum, mass, energy, electric charge, and even such "scalar processes" as stress relaxation and chemical reaction. These processes are described both kinetically, in terms of general olasses of carriers, and phenomenologically, in terms of driving force, flux, and resistance. The concept of coupled processes is developed, in which the Bow of one property causes a potential with respect to the flow of another. After a. detailed kinetic discussion of transport by molecules (diffusion, convection, turbulent transport) and by radiation, the author develops the thermodynamic a p proach to irreversible processes. Bosworth then considers a combination of individual transport processes (say an en(Continued on page AISO) JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
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t,ire industrid uperation) aa n ~ i n g l cgrand trnnsport process. Kest he treats tho wavs in which such an aver-all operation is afferbed hv rcpetit,ive fitepfi (cascades), such as o c c , ~ in ~ . frrrrtionstian sequences, and by feedhark. 1)iseossions of chemical similmity (the p r o h l ~ mof designing expcriments whoso r ~ s n l t smay he scaled up) and of the efficicnry of transport proeesws, along with comments on the applieahilit.~of prinriples developed here t o wider ~itnations,such as market and post snalysis, complete the hook. Rlat,hemiltic,zl iormulations of the idcas, insofar as they have hecn accomplished, are preaented in det,ail. The dwivstiam me accompmied h,v explanatory comm e n t , ~ao t h a t a t.rsder v h o is unfamiliw with many of tho mnt,hods employed ran follow the development. Moreover, the qualitative discussions in the text stand complete in thcmsclves in many instances. Because of amnle annotation fan avei; ~ age of approximately 60 references per chapter) and quite adequate indexing, this volume is u.ell equipped t o serve as a reference work. Although Bosw-alth treats many suhiects only very hriefly (r.g., non-Newtonian visconity) and v i r t d l y ignores man" important applications (e.g., gas dynamics, polymn. solut,ions, electrw chemist,ry), adequate reviews of ~ u c h topics are in general svailshle elsewhere. I n t,his reviewx's judgment,, the author is successful in his goal of presenting a sound and unified theoretical twatmcnt of t , h ~entire field of transport phmomcna. S o similar treatment is lknom to the revinr-el., perhaps herause there hhas hem an unfort,~mntelack of intereat in this firld among many chemist^. The hook is recommended hoth to chemical engineers and to phyfiical chemists in general. ~
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SYI\'TFETIC POLYPEPTIDES. PREPARA. TlON STRUCTURF. AND PROPERTIES C. IJ. Bornford, A. Elliott, and W. E. Honby, Courtaulds Ltd., Research Laborator.-, Maidenhead, Berkshire. England. Physical Chemistry: A series of monographs. Volume V. Academic Press Inc.. New York, 1956. aiii 445 pp. 1 6 X 23.5 cm. $10.
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THIS hook is a det,ailed, crit,ieal summary of the field of synthetic polypwtides from the point of view of the specialist in the field; nrverthelem, the ~dntianshipof these particular high polymcl.~t o t,he proteins i~ s. dominant theme throughout the hook. The suthors have rontrihuted to almost all aspects of the subject, and they are xhle t o discu88 critically the work of others in the field. A f t n a. hrief introductory chapter on svnthrtic polypeptides ns protein models, the authors discuas tho methods of synthesis of polypeptidrs and the mcrhnni~m of the synthesis from N-carl,osyamino acid anhydrides. The chapter on methods
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