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"lutd ; tit tt C l m m t a - k t a 75 ( 1 9 7 5 ) 490--494 Am.~tcrd,tm P r i n t e d tn T h e N c t h u r l , m d , .
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L S u c h a a n d S K o t r l y . S o h t t u m Eqt~thl,'tt: m , 4 n a l i t t t a l C h e m t s t r ~ . V a n N o s t t a n d R e i n h o l d C o m p a n y . L o n d o n . 1973. 372 p p . price 17 50 "l'hts b o o k has t h e ,ira1 ol p l o v l d m g a concxse rind umfied a p p r o a c h to the prmczplc~, o f tonic e q u f l l b t m on w h i c h v e l y m d n y d n a l y t l c a l m e t h o d s a r e based. T h e t r e a t m e n t ts r i g o r o u s r a t h e r t h d n approxlm-'lte N o o n e wdl d e n y t h a t s o m e knox~lcdgc o f the t h e o r e t l c a l basis o f c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n s ~ o f m e s t u ~ a b l e v a l u e to the a n a l y t i c a l c h e m i s t , tt p,. h o w e x e r , qu~te e s s e n t i a l for t h o s e w h o a r c c o n c e r n e d w~th the d e v e l o p m e n t o f a n a l y t i c a l processes Thi~ b o o k m a y fill th~s n e e d An i n t r o d u c t o r y c h a p t e r ~s Iollowed by a d~scu,,s~on of s o m e f u n d : ~ m e n t a l pllys~cal c h e m m t r y o n t l l e r m o d y n d m ~ c ~ a n d kinetics o f c h e m ~ c a l r e a c t i o n s G r a p h i c a l m e t h o d s a r e g~ven m C h a p t e r Ill. while C h a p t e r ~ IV a n d V deal w~th p r o t o l y t t c e q u i l i b r i a M e t a l c o m p l e x cqud)bt m. p)ccJp~tatton redct~on,, dnd o x t d a t l o n - r e d u c t ~ o n e q u d J b r m a r e c o v c r c d m the next three c h a p t e r s , the t c m a m ~ n g c h a p t e r s d e s c r i b e the t h e o r y o f t~trat~on c u r v e s rind e n d - p o , n t d e t e c t , o n , c x t r d c t t o n e q u t l ~ b r m a n d kmct~c m e t h o d s o f analys~s T h e ,~uthors h:txc s u c c e e d e d m brmgtnka t o g e t h e r most o f t h c r e l e v a n t m f o t m a t ~ o n w h i c h p r a c t i s i n g d n a l y ' , t s w o u l d w~sh t o possess. T h e v a r i o u s s y s t e m s e n c o u n t e r e d ~n an,tlyt~cal processes a~e ~ c l l c o r r e l a t e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e text. a n d w o r k e d e x d m p l e s a n d g)aph~cdl ~olut)on,, to v,t~tous p r o b l e m s a r e I)berally d m t r t b u t e d t h r o u g h o t t t the b o o k Th~s ts not ,a b o o k for the g e n t l e r e a d e r ~t d e m a n d s c o n s i d e r a b l e c o n c e n t r a t i o n to follow the , u g u m e n t , , . but a s a n a d d i t i o n to the spec~altzed I~terature of a n d l y t t c a l c h e m i s t r y . ~t m u s t find an d c c e p t e d place. W
I Stephen ( B w m l n g h a m )
COml)uter~ oi C h e m i c a l R e ~ e t o t h a n d E d u t a t t o n . P r o c e e d i n g s of the l n t e r n a t x o n a l C o n f e r e n c e . LjubIj.'lna, Z a g r e b . J u l y 1973 E d i t e d by D H a d z l a n d J Z u p a n . El,,evter. A m s t e l d a m . 1973. price Dfl 15000
T h e p r o c e e d i n g s conlpr)~e three, soft-cove) v o l u n l g s o f m a n u s c r , p t s cop~ed by off=set l l t h o g r a p h y , T h e r e are slx m a j o r s e c t l o n s C o m p u t e r c o n t r o l o f ex= p e n m c n t s , d a t a -'lquJsRion ,md r e f i n c m e n t (202 p p ). H a n d h n g of c h e m i c a l m f o r m a t l o n s (~lt) ( 112 pp ). Analy,,m d n d ' , m m l a U o n o f s p e c t r a - s t r u c t u r e d e t e r m i n a t i o n f r o m c o m p l e x d a t a (152 p p ) . " r h c o r e t l c a l c h e m i s t r y - p h a s e s t r u c t u r e s (325 p p ) : C ' o m p u t e r de,,igned s y n t h e s i s (58 pp ). a n d c h e m zcal e d u c a t i o n (223 pp ). T h e r e is also an i n t r o d u c t o r y paper on c o m p u t e r n e t w o r k s , m i n i c o m p u t e r s , a n d c h e m i s t r y by Peter L y k o s (22 pp ) T h e z e is a total o f fifty e t g h t papers. T h e p r o s a n d ¢on~ of p u b l i s h i n g s y m p o s i a p r o c e e d i n g s h a v e a l r e a d y been dtscussed a d II¢tllSVllIPl The~e p r o c e e d i n g s are typzcal o f theu k i n d T h e y o c c u p y m o r e t h a n 6 c m o f shelf space, a n d p r o v i d e r e f o r m a t i o n whzch, ff o f a n y xalue, wdl be p u b l m h e d
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K W Bagnall. T h e A t t i t u d e Elements. ~n P L Robua~t)n t e d ) and General Chemlst~ ~. Ahmoq~ul4t 15. Elsu~.~el Pubh,.,htng C o x 1 + 2 7 2 p p . ptl~.c DH 8 0 0 0
Ol)lL '~ III /11ol qlllllL
Amstet dam. 1972.
Flat: ,tctlnttle e l e m e n t , , i n c l u d e s o m e of the nu~u.,q a n d r a r e s t e l e m e n t s (curtui11. c,tltlot ntLlt11, d m e l It.turn. ctc ). ,,uldom :feve~ c n t . o t t n t e t u d b~ m o s t chemast,,. a n d t h u s w h o s e c h e m i s t r y is lea,,t f~tm~lmt, t h e y ,rise i n c l u d e ttt,tmuna a n d t h o r i u m . w h i c h ,uu e n c o u n t e r e d m o r e o l t e n "Fhls b o o k t,, d o u b l y ~ e l c o m e t h e r e f o r e , tn that tt ~t~es a c o m p r e h e n s i v e : r e c o u n t ol t h e chcnl~stty of the r a t e at.tin.tic e l e m e n t s :tnO t h e h c o m p o t m d s , a n d al,,o ~clates the,, to t he m o r e Km~d~ar thotltm~ a n d LIIdnltllll CJ'lenalMly T h e b o o k follows a s~mfl,u k)~mat to t)thct,, ~n th),, series t)f moriogtttf)h.,~ T h e fir,,t c h a p t e l d e s c r i b e s t he d ~ s c o v e t y o f the a o r t a ) d e e l e m e n t , , "l he o x i d a t i o n st,ties, a n d the sep,ltdt~on d n d p c ) f f i c a t l o n o f these e l e m e n t , , ot, cup~es tile next two c h a p t e r s T h e I o l l o w m g e~ght chtq3tel,, deal in d e t a d w i t h t h e c h e m ) s t r ~ o f the m e t a l s a n d their c o m p o t ~ n d s T h e final t . h a p t c r dlscusse.,, the 5 f - e l e c t r o n s . a n d their llffluence o n the m , l g n e l t c ,llld spct, lr,tl p r o p e r ties o f t hese e l e m e n t s T h e m o n o g t , t p l a t,, w e i l - w l t t t e n . ,ind o n l y ,1 Icy, t.~pogr,lplalc,d e r r o i s w el e d e t e c t e d It ts r e c o m m e n d e d t o all c h e m i s t , , v, tth ,In .ntere.,,t tn the t n o l g , l n t c a s p e c t s o f thetl subject, i n c l u d i n g a n y ,ul,llytlc,tl chemt,,ts w h o are. o r ,tie likely to be. c o n c e r n e d w~th a n , d ~ t t c a i o p e r a t i o n s ~.avolvtng these e l e m e n t s A Town,,hcnd (Birnlmghtma)
O / / t c u t l . s t a m h o d t w d am/ t e c o m m e l u l e d methods o/ unctllsts Edated b~ N. W H , t n s o n . T h e S o c i e t y fol An,tlvttc.'d C h e m l s t l y . L o n d o n . 2nd eclltlon (1973). 1974. x x l v + 8 9 7 p p . p r i c e L 17 00. T h e m l p o r t a n c e o f .~tandard m e t h o d s el ,ulaly.,l,, is e m p h a s l / e d by tile i n c r e a s e m size o f thl,, e d l t l o n o f the A n a l y t i c a l M e t h o d s C o m m t t t u e ' ~ r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s , c o m p a r e d to the 1963 e d m o n T h e p a t t e r n o f t h e b o o k ha,, b e e n r e t m n e d . b u t P a r t ! c o v e r i n g % t , m d a r d t z c d m e t h o d s o f ,m,tlysls ha,, been e x p a n d e d to 500 p a g e s wlth m a n y new ,,t:md,trd i ~ r o c e d u l e s Part II. wlllch is a b l b l t o g l a p h y o f o f f icml, s t a n d a r d i z e d a n d r e c o m m e n d e d m e t h o d , , el anal yszs w h i c h h a v e been p u b l x s h e d t l a r o u g h o u t t he w o r l d , ha,, a l s o xcqut t ed c o n s i d e r a b l e e x p , m s l o n T h e g r e a t v a l u e o f this c o m p d a t l o n ts t h a t e v e r y m e t h o d g w e n tn P a l l I h a s been t h o l o u g h l y c h e c k e d o n a c o l l a b o r a t w e ba,qs b3 the A n : l l y u c a l M e t h o d s C o m m i t t e e ol t h e S o c i e t y . a n d can t h e r e f o r e be r e g a r d e d as t h o l o u g h l y r e l i a b l e S i n c e m a n y m o r e t o p i c s ,'ue now c o v e r e d , t i es ecl~tton s h o u l d be e v e n m o r e v a l u a b l e t h a n the earlier edmon.
"lutd ; tit tt C l m m t a - k t a 75 ( 1 9 7 5 ) 490--494 Am.~tcrd,tm P r i n t e d tn T h e N c t h u r l , m d , .
BOOK REVIEWS
L S u c h a a n d S K o t r l y . S o h t t u m Eqt~thl,'tt: m , 4 n a l i t t t a l C h e m t s t r ~ . V a n N o s t t a n d R e i n h o l d C o m p a n y . L o n d o n . 1973. 372 p p . price 17 50 "l'hts b o o k has t h e ,ira1 ol p l o v l d m g a concxse rind umfied a p p r o a c h to the prmczplc~, o f tonic e q u f l l b t m on w h i c h v e l y m d n y d n a l y t l c a l m e t h o d s a r e based. T h e t r e a t m e n t ts r i g o r o u s r a t h e r t h d n approxlm-'lte N o o n e wdl d e n y t h a t s o m e knox~lcdgc o f the t h e o r e t l c a l basis o f c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n s ~ o f m e s t u ~ a b l e v a l u e to the a n a l y t i c a l c h e m i s t , tt p,. h o w e x e r , qu~te e s s e n t i a l for t h o s e w h o a r c c o n c e r n e d w~th the d e v e l o p m e n t o f a n a l y t i c a l processes Thi~ b o o k m a y fill th~s n e e d An i n t r o d u c t o r y c h a p t e r ~s Iollowed by a d~scu,,s~on of s o m e f u n d : ~ m e n t a l pllys~cal c h e m m t r y o n t l l e r m o d y n d m ~ c ~ a n d kinetics o f c h e m ~ c a l r e a c t i o n s G r a p h i c a l m e t h o d s a r e g~ven m C h a p t e r Ill. while C h a p t e r ~ IV a n d V deal w~th p r o t o l y t t c e q u i l i b r i a M e t a l c o m p l e x cqud)bt m. p)ccJp~tatton redct~on,, dnd o x t d a t l o n - r e d u c t ~ o n e q u d J b r m a r e c o v c r c d m the next three c h a p t e r s , the t c m a m ~ n g c h a p t e r s d e s c r i b e the t h e o r y o f t~trat~on c u r v e s rind e n d - p o , n t d e t e c t , o n , c x t r d c t t o n e q u t l ~ b r m a n d kmct~c m e t h o d s o f analys~s T h e ,~uthors h:txc s u c c e e d e d m brmgtnka t o g e t h e r most o f t h c r e l e v a n t m f o t m a t ~ o n w h i c h p r a c t i s i n g d n a l y ' , t s w o u l d w~sh t o possess. T h e v a r i o u s s y s t e m s e n c o u n t e r e d ~n an,tlyt~cal processes a~e ~ c l l c o r r e l a t e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e text. a n d w o r k e d e x d m p l e s a n d g)aph~cdl ~olut)on,, to v,t~tous p r o b l e m s a r e I)berally d m t r t b u t e d t h r o u g h o t t t the b o o k Th~s ts not ,a b o o k for the g e n t l e r e a d e r ~t d e m a n d s c o n s i d e r a b l e c o n c e n t r a t i o n to follow the , u g u m e n t , , . but a s a n a d d i t i o n to the spec~altzed I~terature of a n d l y t t c a l c h e m i s t r y . ~t m u s t find an d c c e p t e d place. W
I Stephen ( B w m l n g h a m )
COml)uter~ oi C h e m i c a l R e ~ e t o t h a n d E d u t a t t o n . P r o c e e d i n g s of the l n t e r n a t x o n a l C o n f e r e n c e . LjubIj.'lna, Z a g r e b . J u l y 1973 E d i t e d by D H a d z l a n d J Z u p a n . El,,evter. A m s t e l d a m . 1973. price Dfl 15000
T h e p r o c e e d i n g s conlpr)~e three, soft-cove) v o l u n l g s o f m a n u s c r , p t s cop~ed by off=set l l t h o g r a p h y , T h e r e are slx m a j o r s e c t l o n s C o m p u t e r c o n t r o l o f ex= p e n m c n t s , d a t a -'lquJsRion ,md r e f i n c m e n t (202 p p ). H a n d h n g of c h e m i c a l m f o r m a t l o n s (~lt) ( 112 pp ). Analy,,m d n d ' , m m l a U o n o f s p e c t r a - s t r u c t u r e d e t e r m i n a t i o n f r o m c o m p l e x d a t a (152 p p ) . " r h c o r e t l c a l c h e m i s t r y - p h a s e s t r u c t u r e s (325 p p ) : C ' o m p u t e r de,,igned s y n t h e s i s (58 pp ). a n d c h e m zcal e d u c a t i o n (223 pp ). T h e r e is also an i n t r o d u c t o r y paper on c o m p u t e r n e t w o r k s , m i n i c o m p u t e r s , a n d c h e m i s t r y by Peter L y k o s (22 pp ) T h e z e is a total o f fifty e t g h t papers. T h e p r o s a n d ¢on~ of p u b l i s h i n g s y m p o s i a p r o c e e d i n g s h a v e a l r e a d y been dtscussed a d II¢tllSVllIPl The~e p r o c e e d i n g s are typzcal o f theu k i n d T h e y o c c u p y m o r e t h a n 6 c m o f shelf space, a n d p r o v i d e r e f o r m a t i o n whzch, ff o f a n y xalue, wdl be p u b l m h e d
BOOK
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a g a i n m sc~etmfic iournal,,, anti ~ill o n l y t h e n be a b s t r a c t e d N o d o u b t the} ~11 f o r m ,t m e m e n t o o f the , , y m p o s m m for t h o s e w h o a t t e n d e d , but t h e y ~ III rarel y be r e f e r r e d to a g , u n T o w n ' ~ h c n d ( B i t mtngh,ma)
K W Bagnall. T h e A t t i t u d e Elements. ~n P L Robua~t)n t e d ) and General Chemlst~ ~. Ahmoq~ul4t 15. Elsu~.~el Pubh,.,htng C o x 1 + 2 7 2 p p . ptl~.c DH 8 0 0 0
Ol)lL '~ III /11ol qlllllL
Amstet dam. 1972.
Flat: ,tctlnttle e l e m e n t , , i n c l u d e s o m e of the nu~u.,q a n d r a r e s t e l e m e n t s (curtui11. c,tltlot ntLlt11, d m e l It.turn. ctc ). ,,uldom :feve~ c n t . o t t n t e t u d b~ m o s t chemast,,. a n d t h u s w h o s e c h e m i s t r y is lea,,t f~tm~lmt, t h e y ,rise i n c l u d e ttt,tmuna a n d t h o r i u m . w h i c h ,uu e n c o u n t e r e d m o r e o l t e n "Fhls b o o k t,, d o u b l y ~ e l c o m e t h e r e f o r e , tn that tt ~t~es a c o m p r e h e n s i v e : r e c o u n t ol t h e chcnl~stty of the r a t e at.tin.tic e l e m e n t s :tnO t h e h c o m p o t m d s , a n d al,,o ~clates the,, to t he m o r e Km~d~ar thotltm~ a n d LIIdnltllll CJ'lenalMly T h e b o o k follows a s~mfl,u k)~mat to t)thct,, ~n th),, series t)f moriogtttf)h.,~ T h e fir,,t c h a p t e l d e s c r i b e s t he d ~ s c o v e t y o f the a o r t a ) d e e l e m e n t , , "l he o x i d a t i o n st,ties, a n d the sep,ltdt~on d n d p c ) f f i c a t l o n o f these e l e m e n t , , ot, cup~es tile next two c h a p t e r s T h e I o l l o w m g e~ght chtq3tel,, deal in d e t a d w i t h t h e c h e m ) s t r ~ o f the m e t a l s a n d their c o m p o t ~ n d s T h e final t . h a p t c r dlscusse.,, the 5 f - e l e c t r o n s . a n d their llffluence o n the m , l g n e l t c ,llld spct, lr,tl p r o p e r ties o f t hese e l e m e n t s T h e m o n o g t , t p l a t,, w e i l - w l t t t e n . ,ind o n l y ,1 Icy, t.~pogr,lplalc,d e r r o i s w el e d e t e c t e d It ts r e c o m m e n d e d t o all c h e m i s t , , v, tth ,In .ntere.,,t tn the t n o l g , l n t c a s p e c t s o f thetl subject, i n c l u d i n g a n y ,ul,llytlc,tl chemt,,ts w h o are. o r ,tie likely to be. c o n c e r n e d w~th a n , d ~ t t c a i o p e r a t i o n s ~.avolvtng these e l e m e n t s A Town,,hcnd (Birnlmghtma)
O / / t c u t l . s t a m h o d t w d am/ t e c o m m e l u l e d methods o/ unctllsts Edated b~ N. W H , t n s o n . T h e S o c i e t y fol An,tlvttc.'d C h e m l s t l y . L o n d o n . 2nd eclltlon (1973). 1974. x x l v + 8 9 7 p p . p r i c e L 17 00. T h e m l p o r t a n c e o f .~tandard m e t h o d s el ,ulaly.,l,, is e m p h a s l / e d by tile i n c r e a s e m size o f thl,, e d l t l o n o f the A n a l y t i c a l M e t h o d s C o m m t t t u e ' ~ r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s , c o m p a r e d to the 1963 e d m o n T h e p a t t e r n o f t h e b o o k ha,, b e e n r e t m n e d . b u t P a r t ! c o v e r i n g % t , m d a r d t z c d m e t h o d s o f ,m,tlysls ha,, been e x p a n d e d to 500 p a g e s wlth m a n y new ,,t:md,trd i ~ r o c e d u l e s Part II. wlllch is a b l b l t o g l a p h y o f o f f icml, s t a n d a r d i z e d a n d r e c o m m e n d e d m e t h o d , , el anal yszs w h i c h h a v e been p u b l x s h e d t l a r o u g h o u t t he w o r l d , ha,, a l s o xcqut t ed c o n s i d e r a b l e e x p , m s l o n T h e g r e a t v a l u e o f this c o m p d a t l o n ts t h a t e v e r y m e t h o d g w e n tn P a l l I h a s been t h o l o u g h l y c h e c k e d o n a c o l l a b o r a t w e ba,qs b3 the A n : l l y u c a l M e t h o d s C o m m i t t e e ol t h e S o c i e t y . a n d can t h e r e f o r e be r e g a r d e d as t h o l o u g h l y r e l i a b l e S i n c e m a n y m o r e t o p i c s ,'ue now c o v e r e d , t i es ecl~tton s h o u l d be e v e n m o r e v a l u a b l e t h a n the earlier edmon.