Encyclopædia of Chemical Technology

Abstract

THESE two volumes of nearly a thousand pages each are the first of a projected series of ten volumes, two to three volumes being due each year. The object of the series is to provide an up-to-date survey of the field of chemical technology, partly as a work of reference for chemists and chemical engineers working in industry, and partly as an aid in training students in modern technology. A large number of separate articles, written by specialists in the several fields, are presented in these two volumes; many chemical compounds are included, with extensive data on their physical and chemical properties and indications as to applications and processes of industrial manufacture. These articles are of interest not only to the technologist but also to the academic chemist, since they show the relation between the substances which they normally use in the laboratory with the wider world of technology. Care has been taken to use nomenclature which provides easy reference. A bibliography relative to each main item is given. There is also information about manufacturing costs and methods of packing materials for transport; these may not, however, be applicable outside the United States. This reservation applies also to the description of aluminium alloys, which are referred to by their code names.

Encyclopædia of Chemical Technology

Edited by Raymond E. Kirk Donald O. Othmer. Vol. 1: A to Anthrimides. Pp. xxiv + 982. 20 dollars. Vol. 2: Anthrone to Carbon-Arc. Pp. xvi + 915. 20 dollars. New York and London: Interscience Publishers, Inc.