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Supported Reagents. Preparation, Analysis and Applications
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Having given full credit to this opus magnum of Gy, some comments have to be made. The book cannot be read as a textbook it is more an extensive compilation of definitions, short statements and examples in an over-structured presentation which do not make it easily accessible for someone who is just interested in a specific subject. Also there is hardly any distinction between matters of primary, secondary and minor importance. This is strengthened by the unattractive lay-out of the text. In conclusion this book should be present in all analytical libraries for consultation but it is less suitable for learning the “art” of sampling. Willem E. van der Linden
J.A. Marinsky and Y. Marcus (Eds.), Ion Exchange and Solvent Extraction. A Series of Advances, Vol. II, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1993 (ISBN O-8247-8472-3). xiv + 375 pp. Price US$ 195.00. This volume aims to provide an interested reader with the opportunity for examination, comparison and evaluation of state-of-the-art ion-exchange theory. Chapter I (S.A. Grant and P. Fletcher, 108 pages, 106 refs.) reviews the chemical thermodynamics of cation-exchange reactions highlighting recent theoretical and practical developments. The correlation of ion-exchange phenomena via a simple but non-predictive three-parameter model is outlined in Chapter II (E. Hogfeldt, 42 pages, 31 refs.). Chapter III (W.H. Hiill, M. Franzreb, J. Horst and S.H. Eberle, 58 pages, 67 refs.) comprises a description of the developments and applications of surface complexation theory to ion-exchange phenomena and links with, and is complemented by, Chapter IV (G. Sposito, 22 pages, 53 refs.), an account of metal-natural colloid surface reactions. A Gibbs-Donnan based analysis of ion-exchange and related phenomena is expounded in Chapter V (J.A. Marinsky, 98 pages, 67 refs.). The volume concludes with a topic of environmental chemical interest, namely the influence of
humic substances on the uptake of metal ions by naturally occurring materials (J.H. Ephraim and B. Allard, 33 pages, 107 refs.). Overall this is a series of scholarly reviews of particular interest to those working in, or wishing to enter, the fascinating world of ion-exchange phenomena. D. Thorbum Bums
James H. Clark, Adrian P. Kybett and Duncan J. Macquarrie, Supported Reagents. Preparation, Analysis and Applications, VCH, New York, 1992 (ISBN l-56083-010-6). xi + 152 pp. Price US$ 108.00. Supported reagents, i.e., reagents bound in some way to a solid support, are finding considerable use in analytical chemistry, especially in flow systems. Immobilized enzymes and antibodies are two popular examples, but there are many more. This book, however, deals with such reagents in the context of organic synthesis, a subject that has a shorter history and, as yet, a smaller range of applications. Nevertheless, the analytical chemist will learn from the present monograph. A range of procedures, both physical and chemical, is described for preparation of the supported reagents and there is a useful chapter detailing the use of various analytical techniques for studying the immobilised reagents. The book concludes with some case studies in organic synthesis, and a tabulation of a wide range of other syntheses. Alan Townshend
F. Rouessac, Analyse Chimique, Masson, Paris, 1992 (ISBN 2-225-83919-O). xi + 291 pp. Price FF. 160.00. Ce livre, en fran+s, sera certainement t&s appr6ciC par les Ctudiants et par les enseignants car, bien fait, il &pond g une attente de tous less analystes.
226
Having given full credit to this opus magnum of Gy, some comments have to be made. The book cannot be read as a textbook it is more an extensive compilation of definitions, short statements and examples in an over-structured presentation which do not make it easily accessible for someone who is just interested in a specific subject. Also there is hardly any distinction between matters of primary, secondary and minor importance. This is strengthened by the unattractive lay-out of the text. In conclusion this book should be present in all analytical libraries for consultation but it is less suitable for learning the “art” of sampling. Willem E. van der Linden
J.A. Marinsky and Y. Marcus (Eds.), Ion Exchange and Solvent Extraction. A Series of Advances, Vol. II, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1993 (ISBN O-8247-8472-3). xiv + 375 pp. Price US$ 195.00. This volume aims to provide an interested reader with the opportunity for examination, comparison and evaluation of state-of-the-art ion-exchange theory. Chapter I (S.A. Grant and P. Fletcher, 108 pages, 106 refs.) reviews the chemical thermodynamics of cation-exchange reactions highlighting recent theoretical and practical developments. The correlation of ion-exchange phenomena via a simple but non-predictive three-parameter model is outlined in Chapter II (E. Hogfeldt, 42 pages, 31 refs.). Chapter III (W.H. Hiill, M. Franzreb, J. Horst and S.H. Eberle, 58 pages, 67 refs.) comprises a description of the developments and applications of surface complexation theory to ion-exchange phenomena and links with, and is complemented by, Chapter IV (G. Sposito, 22 pages, 53 refs.), an account of metal-natural colloid surface reactions. A Gibbs-Donnan based analysis of ion-exchange and related phenomena is expounded in Chapter V (J.A. Marinsky, 98 pages, 67 refs.). The volume concludes with a topic of environmental chemical interest, namely the influence of
humic substances on the uptake of metal ions by naturally occurring materials (J.H. Ephraim and B. Allard, 33 pages, 107 refs.). Overall this is a series of scholarly reviews of particular interest to those working in, or wishing to enter, the fascinating world of ion-exchange phenomena. D. Thorbum Bums
James H. Clark, Adrian P. Kybett and Duncan J. Macquarrie, Supported Reagents. Preparation, Analysis and Applications, VCH, New York, 1992 (ISBN l-56083-010-6). xi + 152 pp. Price US$ 108.00. Supported reagents, i.e., reagents bound in some way to a solid support, are finding considerable use in analytical chemistry, especially in flow systems. Immobilized enzymes and antibodies are two popular examples, but there are many more. This book, however, deals with such reagents in the context of organic synthesis, a subject that has a shorter history and, as yet, a smaller range of applications. Nevertheless, the analytical chemist will learn from the present monograph. A range of procedures, both physical and chemical, is described for preparation of the supported reagents and there is a useful chapter detailing the use of various analytical techniques for studying the immobilised reagents. The book concludes with some case studies in organic synthesis, and a tabulation of a wide range of other syntheses. Alan Townshend
F. Rouessac, Analyse Chimique, Masson, Paris, 1992 (ISBN 2-225-83919-O). xi + 291 pp. Price FF. 160.00. Ce livre, en fran+s, sera certainement t&s appr6ciC par les Ctudiants et par les enseignants car, bien fait, il &pond g une attente de tous less analystes.