Molecular Spectra and Molecule Structure. I. Diatomic Molecules.
Molecular Spectra and Molecule Structure. I. Diatomic Molecules.
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10.1021/j150403a025
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1940-07
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G. Herzberg
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G. Herzberg
对这几个主题的处理不仅在重点和细节上，而且在陈述方式上都有很大的不同。例如，有些科目，如“热离子真空管”，是由其一般原理和应用的清晰和充分的概述。在其他情况下，作为“分子量”一节，有一个很好的详细描述更重要的实验方法。有几章，其中关于“反应速率”的一章是一个特别糟糕的例子，由非常基本的理论讨论组成，然后是一些实验的指导，这些实验通常在旧的物理化学实验室手册中找到。一些具有理论和实践意义的课题被完全省略了。其中我们可以提到火焰的传播、气体爆炸、扩散以及溶解、蒸发和结晶的速率。光化学、荧光、磷光和荧光在“光电效应”一节中很少提及。也许最大的单一改进是在版本中引入了物理化学方法专业著作的广泛分类书目。另一方面，令人遗憾的是，第二版的优秀索引已被一个如此简短以至于实际上毫无用处的索引所取代。新版本显示出明显的倾向于实用性的主题。它包括关于诸如“工厂设计和压榨过滤”等化学工程主题的章节，但与以前相比，用于专门研究的精炼方法的空间相对较少。本书新增的几章是由相关学科的专家撰写的，与这些实践性的学科相比，作者在“测量与单位”的总标题下引入了一个相当抽象的讨论。这一章，53页长，是由O'Rahilly教授写的。毫无疑问，奥拉希利教授的概念和术语是正确的，也是有用的（评论者没有勇气与一个吹嘘他一下子就把电学教科书的尺寸搞大了的人（第92页）争论），这一章似乎完全不适合放在一本专门讨论物理化学实用方法的书中。
The treatment of the several subjects varies greatly, not only in emphasis and detail, but in manner of presentation. For example, some subjects, such as “Thermionic Vacuum Tubes,” are represented by clear and adequate outlines of their gen-eral principles and applications. In other cases, as the section on“Molecular Weights,” there is a good detailed description of the more important experimental methods. A few chapters, the one on “Reaction Rates” being a particularly bad example, consist of very elementary theoretical discussions followed by the directions for a few experiments of the type commonly found in the older laboratory manuals of physical chemistry. Some topics which are of theoretical andpractical interest have been omitted entirely. Amongst these we might mention propagation of flames, gaseous explosions, diffusion, and the rates of dissolution, evaporation, and crystallization. Photochemistry, fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemilumines-cence receive scant mention in the section on the “Photoelectric Effect.” Perhaps the greatest single improvement is the introduction in the edition of an extensive classified bibliography of specialized works on physicochemical methods. On the other hand, it is to be regretted that the excellent indexof the second edition has been replaced by one so brief that it is practically useless. The new edition shows a decided trend toward subjects of practical interest. It includes sections on such chemical engineering topics as “Plant Designand Press Filtration,” but devotes relatively less space than formerly to the refined methods of specialized research. Several of the new chapters have been written by specialists in the subjects concerned.In contrast to these practical subjects, the authors have introduced a rather abstract discussion under the general title “Measurement and Units.” This chapter, 53 pages long, was written byProfessor O’Rahilly. Without questioningthe correctness or utility of Professor O’Rahilly’s concepts and terminology (the re-viewer lacks courage to cross cudgels with one who boasts (p. 92) that he has exploded the dimensions of the electrical text bookswith one swoop), it appears that this chapter is entirely out of place in a book which is devoted to the practical methods of physical chemistry.*