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Visual lines for spectroscopic analysis
Announcement~--Book review
Fifth International Spectroscopy Colloquium It has now been decided that this Colloquium will take place in Austria, under t h e auspices of t h e Verein Osterreichischer C h e m i k e r ; b e t w e e n 30 Aug. a n d 3 Sept. 1954 a t G m u n d e n in t h e S a l z k a m m e r g u t ~istrict. T h e m a i n s u b j e c t s will be t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f m o l e c u l a r s p e c t r o s c o p y to t h e a n a l y s i s o f artificial fibres; n o n dispersive methods of infra-red spectroscopy; the spectrochemical analysis of n o n - c o n d u c t i n g m a t e r i a l s a n d o f c o p p e r alloys. P a p e r s s h o u l d be offered t h r o u g h t h e a u t h o r ' s n a t i o n a l s p e c t r o s c o p i c o r g a n i s a t i o n ; o t h e r e n q u i r i e s s h o u l d be m a d e d i r e c t l y t o D r . K . H . Sl,rrz~r, A r b e i t s g r u p p e fiir S p e c t r o c h e m i e u n d K o l o r i m e t r i e i m VOCh, W i e n I X , Sensengasse 2, A u s t r i a .
Book review S ~ r K , D. ~ . ; Visual IAnu for Spectro~opic Analysis. 2rid Ed. 1952, 102 pp. Hflger and Watts, London. 16/-. This collection of wavelength tables covering the rang e from 3900 to 7600 A is the second edition of the same author's V/~ual Lines for Spectrum Analysis published in 1928. There are occasions when something leas comprehensive than the large wavelength tables of H.,~RR~SO~or K.~YSER is adequate--when for instance the identification of major components rather than trace constituents is the object, and for this purpose this book is well suited. The detection of small amounts has not been forgotten, however, and in numerous instances sensitivities from AKRz.~s and other sources on d.c. arc excitation are included. The book is directed chiefly to users of the H.tLO~It Wavelength Spectrometer, but will find applications also in other fields, for example, in direct measurement work where the photocells employed cover much the same wavelength range as is included here. The list of sensitive linee in order of wavelength should enable the most likely interferences to be avoided, whilst the tables forming the bulk of the book are set out by element and should provide a sufficient number of lines for each element to enable identification to be established beyond reasonable doubt. 0nly one wavelength misprint has been noticed, and that not in the tables but on p. 16 of the text. The new Visual Lines is m fact a tcseful addition to the spectrochemical reference library. R. L. ~hmC~ELL.
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Fifth International Spectroscopy Colloquium It has now been decided that this Colloquium will take place in Austria, under t h e auspices of t h e Verein Osterreichischer C h e m i k e r ; b e t w e e n 30 Aug. a n d 3 Sept. 1954 a t G m u n d e n in t h e S a l z k a m m e r g u t ~istrict. T h e m a i n s u b j e c t s will be t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f m o l e c u l a r s p e c t r o s c o p y to t h e a n a l y s i s o f artificial fibres; n o n dispersive methods of infra-red spectroscopy; the spectrochemical analysis of n o n - c o n d u c t i n g m a t e r i a l s a n d o f c o p p e r alloys. P a p e r s s h o u l d be offered t h r o u g h t h e a u t h o r ' s n a t i o n a l s p e c t r o s c o p i c o r g a n i s a t i o n ; o t h e r e n q u i r i e s s h o u l d be m a d e d i r e c t l y t o D r . K . H . Sl,rrz~r, A r b e i t s g r u p p e fiir S p e c t r o c h e m i e u n d K o l o r i m e t r i e i m VOCh, W i e n I X , Sensengasse 2, A u s t r i a .
Book review S ~ r K , D. ~ . ; Visual IAnu for Spectro~opic Analysis. 2rid Ed. 1952, 102 pp. Hflger and Watts, London. 16/-. This collection of wavelength tables covering the rang e from 3900 to 7600 A is the second edition of the same author's V/~ual Lines for Spectrum Analysis published in 1928. There are occasions when something leas comprehensive than the large wavelength tables of H.,~RR~SO~or K.~YSER is adequate--when for instance the identification of major components rather than trace constituents is the object, and for this purpose this book is well suited. The detection of small amounts has not been forgotten, however, and in numerous instances sensitivities from AKRz.~s and other sources on d.c. arc excitation are included. The book is directed chiefly to users of the H.tLO~It Wavelength Spectrometer, but will find applications also in other fields, for example, in direct measurement work where the photocells employed cover much the same wavelength range as is included here. The list of sensitive linee in order of wavelength should enable the most likely interferences to be avoided, whilst the tables forming the bulk of the book are set out by element and should provide a sufficient number of lines for each element to enable identification to be established beyond reasonable doubt. 0nly one wavelength misprint has been noticed, and that not in the tables but on p. 16 of the text. The new Visual Lines is m fact a tcseful addition to the spectrochemical reference library. R. L. ~hmC~ELL.
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