Handbook of analytical chemistry (Meites, Louis)
Handbook of analytical chemistry (Meites, Louis)
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DOI：
10.1021/ed040p560.1
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发表时间：
1963-10
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3
通讯作者：
T. Williams
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作者：
T. Williams
一本新书在化学领域取得重大成就的情况并不常见。然而，路易斯·梅茨编写的《分析化学手册》确实是近年来的杰出成果之一。这项新工作与已经出版了一段时间的化学和物理手册有一些共同的特点。然而，这本新的分析手册有一个独特的优势，即在每个数据表中包含对材料的简短讨论。包括参考和功能，如不同的分析测定的精确度，使这本书非常有价值的执业分析师。人们很难发现任何具有分析重要性的话题被省略了。在对弹性体、杀虫剂、肥料、油漆、药品、塑料和树脂肥皂、水和污水的分析等主题的处理中，可以看到参考范围的图示。被称为“应用”分析的这一部分也对常规处理的对象，如煤、矿物石油产品和合金进行了全面的参考。然而，每个话题的报道范围都有很大不同。涉及基本分析的部分在官能团分析、络合滴定和极谱方面有非常大和完整的部分，这一事实说明了这一点。诸如电导滴定和计时电位法之类的主题是次要但足够的一部分。这位评论家认为，梅茨·利亚斯教授将一个图书馆--充满了分析和物理数据的参考文献--整合成了一本索引和参考文献齐全的书。这130位作者，包括梅茨教授，他自己写了这本书的次要部分，值得特别表彰，因为他是一名艰难的工作做得好。这本书的价格是47.50美元，这可能会让许多人在决定是否购买这本书之前犹豫一下。(不幸的是，这本书的装订质量与价格不符。)然而，我觉得任何化学图书馆或实验室都离不开这本杰出的手册。
It is not often that a new book repre-sents a substantial achievement in the field of chemistry. The compilation of the “Handbood of Analytical Chemistry” by Louis Meites, however, is truly one of outstanding efforts in the recentyears. This new work has some features in com-mon with the handbooks of chemistry and physics that have been publishedfor some time. However, this, new analytical handbook has the unique advantage of containing short discussions of the material in each table of data. Inclusion of references andfeatures such as thepre-cision of different analytical determinations makes this book extremely valuable to the practicing analyst. One is hard pressed to find any topic of analytical importance omitted. Illustra-tion of the scope of the reference may be seen in the treatment of topics such as the analyses of elastomers, pesticides, fertil-izers, paints, pharmaceuticals, plastic and resin soaps, water and sewage. This section designated “applied” analysis also has a thorough referencing of the con-ventionally treated subjects such as coals, mineral petroleum products and alloys. The extent of coverage, however, varies greatlyfrom one topic to another. This is illustratedby the fact that the portion dealing with fundamental analysis has extremely largeandcomplete sections on functional group analysis, chelometric titrations and polarography. Topics such as conductometric titrations and chrono-potentiometry constitute a minor but adequate portion. This reviewer feels that Professor Meites lias consolidated a library-full of references to analytical and physical data into a well-indexed and referenced volume. The one-hundred and thirty authors, including Professor Meites, who himself wrote a sub-stantial portion of the book, deserve special recognition for a difficult job well done. The price, $47.50, may cause many to pause before deciding whether or not to buy this book.(And unfortunately the binding is not of a quality commen-surate with the price.) I feel, however, that no chemistry library or laboratory can afford to be without this outstanding handbook.