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S.H. Bransom : Applied Thermodynamics
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1t would have been useful to eve gmdance as to the amounts of sol1d rad1oactlve waste which can be disposed of m a local authority tip or the amount of 11qu1d ra&oactive waste which can be discharged to a sewer The glossary of terms, symbols and abbrevlatlons, more extensive 1n this book than 1s usual, are most valuable but 1t does seem unfortunate to continue the use of the symbols RaF for Po210 or Polonmm-210, ThX for Ra224 or Radmm-224 etc 1n a book publIshed m 1960 This 1s an excellent book, even though rather expensive at 55s) and 1s strongly recommended to the class of readers for whom 1t 1s Intended G. R HALI.
S H BRAN~OM Applied Nostrand Company, London
Thermodynamics, 1960 pp ~11 + 230
Elementary Chemical G HARCREAVFS dynamics, Butterworths, London 1961 pp 105 6d
D van 30s
Thermovm + 120
These two paper-backed issues contmue the adm1rablc trend of lssu1ng books for students m a form suitable Courses are now so crowded with lectures, to their pockets semmars, calculations classes and the like, not to mention practical work, that any move which will encourage the Some years ago a opposite tendency 1s to be welcomed man went to a university to ‘read’ for a degree, today he seems to go to a university to ’ study’ chemistry or to ’ do ’ chemical engmeer1ng Undoubtedly one of the causes of this change of attitude has been a dearth of smtable books at the right pnces, especially at the growmg pomts of science and technology This has encouraged the mult1pl1catlon of lectures to ‘ cover the syllabus ’ and the degradation of thev fun&Ion from the Given critical and evocative to the merely didactic suitable books, however, the reversal of this trend becomes possible, and would be welcomed by students and teachers alike In prmclple therefore, any good book at the low price level of the two under consideration may expect a welcome and may hope for a recommendation as a book for students to buy and read Dr BRANSOM’Sbook 1s unusual, a definite departure from the beaten track of textbooks on Thermodynanncs for Physmlsts, Thermodynanucs for Chemists, Thermodynamics for Engineers The ground 1t covers 1s essentially that required for students of Chemical Engmeermg at second or third year umvers1ty standard, but 1t could with profit be read by any whose studies brmg them into The method of the touch with applied thermodynamics book 1s eclectic rather than exhaustive, but the inclusion of references both to ong1nal papers and to books should The chapter on stunulate the necessary wider reading phase and reaction equ111br1a Eqml1br1a seems inadequate together merit more than the rather brief treatment, ten pages, here given, 1n which reaction 1n solution, m partmuIt 1s d1sappomtmg, too, lar, receives the barest mention 286
that the reader of this chapter 18 not directed to Denb1gh’s excellent “ Prmclples of Chenucal Equ111br1um ” (although this book 1s referred to elsewhere) The final chapter 1s most stlmulatmg. In 1t the theme of Dlst1llat1on 1s used to illustrate and draw together many of the prmclples of the earlier chapters Here, too, some of the defects of the chapter on Eqmhbna, at least as regards vapour-liquid eqmhhrla, are made good Altogether, an able book which can be recommended for acqms1t1on by students of thermodynamics Mr HARGREAVES’book 1s rather slighter “ It 1sIntended for Higher National Certficate and B SC students who are starting thermodynamics for the first time ” It consists of very brief statements of the first and second laws of thermodynanucs conceived of as postulates from which the rest follows It 1s interesting, and praiseworthy, that 1n these statements 1t 1s not found necessary to ‘ hmp eccentrically round half-completed cycles ’ However, perhaps from their very brevity, these statements are on occasion rmslead1ng Thus the derlvatlon (pp 73-74) of the equation (EU = T&S - PdV leaves an unpress1on that 1t 1s only applicable to constant pressure revers1blr processes After these statement9 of fundamentals the book continues with apphcat1ons, treating Change of State, the Law of Mass Action, and the Effect of Temperature on Equlhbrmm, with worked examples by way of illustration Some of the presentation 1s untidy, for example 1n the denvatlon (pp 79-80) of the ClausiusClapeyron equation, 1t 1s confusing to use the words state, phase, and species as synonymous This book can be recommended with reservations As a convenient summary 1n the hands of a good first-year student of chemistry attendmg good lectures, it could be very useful, but the discussion of cntlcal points 1s not full enough for it to be safely put into the hands of someone studying alone or with only 1ntermlttent supervision. H
P
HUTCHINSON
G TINE Gas Sampling and Chemical Analysis in Combustion Processes. Pergamon Press, London 1961 xv+94pp,42s IT IS made clear 1n the preface that this book, No 47 1n the AGARD series, 1s a review of expermental technique as applied to combustion phenomena of interest 1n aeronautics Professor TINE, of the University of Naples, studied h1s subJect during recent visits to about thirty laboratories 1n Britain, France, Germany and the Un1ted states The maJor part of the book, fifty-three pages, 1s devoted to samphng, and possible errors are &v1ded into two groups accordmg to whether they origmate outside or inside the sampling probe The first knd of error occurs 1f the probe Interferes with the combustion process, or 1f the nature of the flow outside the probe prevents the collection of a representative sample The second kmd of error occurs
Reviews
1t would have been useful to eve gmdance as to the amounts of sol1d rad1oactlve waste which can be disposed of m a local authority tip or the amount of 11qu1d ra&oactive waste which can be discharged to a sewer The glossary of terms, symbols and abbrevlatlons, more extensive 1n this book than 1s usual, are most valuable but 1t does seem unfortunate to continue the use of the symbols RaF for Po210 or Polonmm-210, ThX for Ra224 or Radmm-224 etc 1n a book publIshed m 1960 This 1s an excellent book, even though rather expensive at 55s) and 1s strongly recommended to the class of readers for whom 1t 1s Intended G. R HALI.
S H BRAN~OM Applied Nostrand Company, London
Thermodynamics, 1960 pp ~11 + 230
Elementary Chemical G HARCREAVFS dynamics, Butterworths, London 1961 pp 105 6d
D van 30s
Thermovm + 120
These two paper-backed issues contmue the adm1rablc trend of lssu1ng books for students m a form suitable Courses are now so crowded with lectures, to their pockets semmars, calculations classes and the like, not to mention practical work, that any move which will encourage the Some years ago a opposite tendency 1s to be welcomed man went to a university to ‘read’ for a degree, today he seems to go to a university to ’ study’ chemistry or to ’ do ’ chemical engmeer1ng Undoubtedly one of the causes of this change of attitude has been a dearth of smtable books at the right pnces, especially at the growmg pomts of science and technology This has encouraged the mult1pl1catlon of lectures to ‘ cover the syllabus ’ and the degradation of thev fun&Ion from the Given critical and evocative to the merely didactic suitable books, however, the reversal of this trend becomes possible, and would be welcomed by students and teachers alike In prmclple therefore, any good book at the low price level of the two under consideration may expect a welcome and may hope for a recommendation as a book for students to buy and read Dr BRANSOM’Sbook 1s unusual, a definite departure from the beaten track of textbooks on Thermodynanncs for Physmlsts, Thermodynanucs for Chemists, Thermodynamics for Engineers The ground 1t covers 1s essentially that required for students of Chemical Engmeermg at second or third year umvers1ty standard, but 1t could with profit be read by any whose studies brmg them into The method of the touch with applied thermodynamics book 1s eclectic rather than exhaustive, but the inclusion of references both to ong1nal papers and to books should The chapter on stunulate the necessary wider reading phase and reaction equ111br1a Eqml1br1a seems inadequate together merit more than the rather brief treatment, ten pages, here given, 1n which reaction 1n solution, m partmuIt 1s d1sappomtmg, too, lar, receives the barest mention 286
that the reader of this chapter 18 not directed to Denb1gh’s excellent “ Prmclples of Chenucal Equ111br1um ” (although this book 1s referred to elsewhere) The final chapter 1s most stlmulatmg. In 1t the theme of Dlst1llat1on 1s used to illustrate and draw together many of the prmclples of the earlier chapters Here, too, some of the defects of the chapter on Eqmhbna, at least as regards vapour-liquid eqmhhrla, are made good Altogether, an able book which can be recommended for acqms1t1on by students of thermodynamics Mr HARGREAVES’book 1s rather slighter “ It 1sIntended for Higher National Certficate and B SC students who are starting thermodynamics for the first time ” It consists of very brief statements of the first and second laws of thermodynanucs conceived of as postulates from which the rest follows It 1s interesting, and praiseworthy, that 1n these statements 1t 1s not found necessary to ‘ hmp eccentrically round half-completed cycles ’ However, perhaps from their very brevity, these statements are on occasion rmslead1ng Thus the derlvatlon (pp 73-74) of the equation (EU = T&S - PdV leaves an unpress1on that 1t 1s only applicable to constant pressure revers1blr processes After these statement9 of fundamentals the book continues with apphcat1ons, treating Change of State, the Law of Mass Action, and the Effect of Temperature on Equlhbrmm, with worked examples by way of illustration Some of the presentation 1s untidy, for example 1n the denvatlon (pp 79-80) of the ClausiusClapeyron equation, 1t 1s confusing to use the words state, phase, and species as synonymous This book can be recommended with reservations As a convenient summary 1n the hands of a good first-year student of chemistry attendmg good lectures, it could be very useful, but the discussion of cntlcal points 1s not full enough for it to be safely put into the hands of someone studying alone or with only 1ntermlttent supervision. H
P
HUTCHINSON
G TINE Gas Sampling and Chemical Analysis in Combustion Processes. Pergamon Press, London 1961 xv+94pp,42s IT IS made clear 1n the preface that this book, No 47 1n the AGARD series, 1s a review of expermental technique as applied to combustion phenomena of interest 1n aeronautics Professor TINE, of the University of Naples, studied h1s subJect during recent visits to about thirty laboratories 1n Britain, France, Germany and the Un1ted states The maJor part of the book, fifty-three pages, 1s devoted to samphng, and possible errors are &v1ded into two groups accordmg to whether they origmate outside or inside the sampling probe The first knd of error occurs 1f the probe Interferes with the combustion process, or 1f the nature of the flow outside the probe prevents the collection of a representative sample The second kmd of error occurs