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Inorganic chromatographic analysis
BOOK
REVIEWS
CNROM.
211
7374
An Introduction to the Principles of Surface
Haydon, Cambridge University E2.40 (paper), ES.40 (cloth).
Press,
Chemistry,
London,
by R. Aveyard and D. A. 1973, XV -I-232 pp., price
The reviewer examined this book with considerable interest, because he himself left the field of surface chemistry some twenty years ago, but considers much of our modern separation science based on its principles. The book, he feels, is a good solid account of the principles of surface chemistry but does not go much beyond the topic as taught twenty years ago. For example, in the chapter on electrokinetic potentials a paragraph or even a page would have sufficed to point out the analytical importance etc. of electrophoresis. Similarly the wealth of new results concerning the solid-gas and solid-liquid interfaces obtained from chromatographic work is not mentioned at all. Also topics such as the measurement of adsorption isotherms and pore size distribution could have gained by looking up the literature on chromatography. In spite of this criticism, the book can be recommended both as a text for students and as a reference work for the principles of surface chemistry. The publishers should be congratulated that they were able to produce a book of this length for a reasonable price.
CHROM.
lizorganic
7375
Ciwomatographic
Czech edition by Z. 216 pp., price E9.00.
Analysis, by Jan
Prochaska),
Michal (translated from the original Van Nostrand-Reinhold, London, 1973,
This is a rather good book whose main defect is in its title: It deals almost only with partition paper chromatography and its applications to inorganic analysis while the title promises of course much more. Here are the good points of this volume: It covers fairly well the literature of inorganic paper chromatography from the point of view of its utility in inorganic separations and in this sense can be considered a companion volume to treatises on spot tests. The material is arranged according to the various metals and metal groups, permitting fast orientation. Now the bad points: The book was first published in the Czech language in 1970 and thus the actual text was written in 1969 and then brought up to date in some instances. It does not do justice therefore to the rather extensive work on thin layers which is mainly a result of work published during the last four to five years, Then, it is questionable whether there is much use in the analytical laboratory for a book dealing only with paper chromatography. When deciding how to proceeed in a given problem one should be able to consider paper chromatography, ionexchange chromatography and paper electrophorcsis (if not also gas chromato-
REVIEWS
CNROM.
211
7374
An Introduction to the Principles of Surface
Haydon, Cambridge University E2.40 (paper), ES.40 (cloth).
Press,
Chemistry,
London,
by R. Aveyard and D. A. 1973, XV -I-232 pp., price
The reviewer examined this book with considerable interest, because he himself left the field of surface chemistry some twenty years ago, but considers much of our modern separation science based on its principles. The book, he feels, is a good solid account of the principles of surface chemistry but does not go much beyond the topic as taught twenty years ago. For example, in the chapter on electrokinetic potentials a paragraph or even a page would have sufficed to point out the analytical importance etc. of electrophoresis. Similarly the wealth of new results concerning the solid-gas and solid-liquid interfaces obtained from chromatographic work is not mentioned at all. Also topics such as the measurement of adsorption isotherms and pore size distribution could have gained by looking up the literature on chromatography. In spite of this criticism, the book can be recommended both as a text for students and as a reference work for the principles of surface chemistry. The publishers should be congratulated that they were able to produce a book of this length for a reasonable price.
CHROM.
lizorganic
7375
Ciwomatographic
Czech edition by Z. 216 pp., price E9.00.
Analysis, by Jan
Prochaska),
Michal (translated from the original Van Nostrand-Reinhold, London, 1973,
This is a rather good book whose main defect is in its title: It deals almost only with partition paper chromatography and its applications to inorganic analysis while the title promises of course much more. Here are the good points of this volume: It covers fairly well the literature of inorganic paper chromatography from the point of view of its utility in inorganic separations and in this sense can be considered a companion volume to treatises on spot tests. The material is arranged according to the various metals and metal groups, permitting fast orientation. Now the bad points: The book was first published in the Czech language in 1970 and thus the actual text was written in 1969 and then brought up to date in some instances. It does not do justice therefore to the rather extensive work on thin layers which is mainly a result of work published during the last four to five years, Then, it is questionable whether there is much use in the analytical laboratory for a book dealing only with paper chromatography. When deciding how to proceeed in a given problem one should be able to consider paper chromatography, ionexchange chromatography and paper electrophorcsis (if not also gas chromato-