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New Books Handbook of Biochemistry. Herbert A. Sober, Editor. The Chemical Rubber Co., 18901 Cranwood Parkway, Cleve­ land, Ohio 44128. 1968. $29

The results of current research in two fast-moving fields of science are set forth in the "Handbook of Biochemis­ try with Selected Data for Molecular Biology." The book consists almost entirely of tabular data, and care has been taken to assure a high degree of reliability in the data. Eleven sections make up the book: abbreviations and nomenclature; amino acids; peptides and proteins; carbohydrates; lipids; steroids, purines, pyrimidines, nucleo­ tides, and oligonucleotides; nucleic acids; genetics and biology; physical and chemical data; and miscellaneous. Enclosed with each book is a four-color "chart of biochemical pathways," mea­ suring 3 x 4 feet, which outlines the dynamic relationships that exist in in­ termediary metabolism and illustrates the interdependence of the various bio­ chemical systems involved in energy storage and utilization, biosynthesis, and catabolism.

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Reviews in Macromolecular Chemistry Vol. 3. George B. Butler and Ken­ neth F. O'Driscoll, Editors, viii + 422 pages. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 95 Madison Ave., New York, Ν. Υ. 10016. 1969. $16.50

This is the book edition of the inter­ national publication of advances in high-polymer chemistry. It is pub­ lished annually from the journal edi­ tion to make available a complete, dur­ able, hardbound, fully-indexed publi­ cation. The book should be of interest to organic and physical chemists, bio­ chemists, engineers, and all students and research workers in polymer chemistry and related fields. Progress in Coordination Chemistry. Michael Cais, Editor, xxvii + 845 pages. American Elsevier Publishing Co., Inc., 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, Ν. Υ. 10017. 1968. $45

Abstracts, not only of the scientific contributions presented during the Eleventh International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, held at Haifa and Jerusalem from September 8-18, 1968, but of all those submitted, are gathered together in this volume. The wide range of topics covered by the ab­ stracts presents a picture of what is to­ day the state of progress in coordina­ tion chemistry. They are: coordina­ tion compounds in homogeneous cataly­ sis; photochemistry in coordination

New Books compounds; kinetics and mechanism of reactions of coordination compounds; synthesis, structure, and stereochemis­ try of coordination compounds; organometallic chemistry; coordination compounds in biochemistry; theories of bonding in coordination compounds; physical methods in coordination com­ pounds; coordination compounds in solvent extraction; and coordination compounds in nonaqueous solvents. Molecular Spectroscopy of the Triplet State. S. P. McGlynn, T. Azumi, and M. Kinoshita. xiii -f- 434 pages. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J. 07632. 1969. $16.95

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This book represents a single-vol­ ume source to the principal publica­ tions in the field. Including extensive tables of data and bibliographies, it will be an aid for advanced students and research workers in physical chemistry, chemical physics, biochemistry, and biophysics who are engaged in this area of study. The early chapters provide a general coverage of the triplet state involvement in chemistry, physics, bi­ ology, biochemistry, and biophysics. These are followed by detailed handling of spinorbit coupling in all its physical manifestations in molecules. Much of this material has never before appeared in the literature of the field, and is of particular significance to readers inter­ ested in the areas of luminescence, pho­ tochemistry, photobiology, and weak intermolecular interactions. The final three chapters are concerned with spinspin coupling. The development of spin-spin and spinorbit approaches to zerofield splitting studies is systemati­ cally and succintly developed here, and will be of particular interest to EPR spectroscopists and readers concerned with the disposition of energy among ex­ cited levels.

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Comprehensive Index on API 44-TRC Se­ lected Data on Thermodynamics and Spectroscopy, xvii + 507 pages. Thermodynamics Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843. 1968. $14

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New Books Chemist's Guide: Basic Chemical and Physical Data. J. P., Jesson and E. L. Muetterties. iii + 43 pages. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 95 Madison Ave., New York, Ν. Υ. 10016. 1969. Paperbound. $1.95 This book consists of physical and chemical data that are not easily ac­ cessible in a single source and which are of value to the student of chemis­ try and to the research chemist. Con­ tents : General and magnetic constants — Energy conversions — Atomic radii, electronegativities, and ionization po­ tential — Ionic radii — Spectrochemical, nephelauxetic, and ^-acceptor series —Electrode potentials — Bond energies — Selected structural data — Bond dipole moments and polarizabilities — Electron affinities — Nuclear magnetic resonance data — Hammett substituent constants — Triplet excitation energies — Amino acids-DNA and genetic code — Character, correlation, and direct product tables — Coordination polyhedra — Atomic numbers, weights, and electronic configurations.

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U. S. Government Publications The following publications can be or­ dered from the U. S. Department of Commerce Clearinghouse for. Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va., 22151. Prices for all documents are $3.00 each for paper copy and βδί 1 for microfiche. All or­ ders require prepayment by coupon, check, or money order. Mossbauer Study of Dilute Alloys of Iron. (AR-680 952). A Lineberger. November 1968. 48 pages. Studies magnetic ordering in alloys of iron and germanium and iron and tin by means of the Mossbauer effect. Mossbauer absorption spectra in a transmission geometry are used to mea­ sure changes in the hyperfine splitting due to certain numbers and locations of impurities. Radiochemistry of Silicon [NAS-NS-3049 (Rev)]. D. R. Schink. November 1968. 81 pages. Covers the following topics: nuclides of silicon (nuclear properties, produc­ tion availability) ; chemistry of silicon as applicable to radiochemistry; safety practices; and radiochemical practices and counting techniques.

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Anodic Polarization of Titanium and its Alloys in Hydrochloric Acid (AD-682 740). M. Levy and G. N. Sklover. November 1968. 15 pages.

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New Books Ion Exchange Analysis of Magnesium Alloys (AD-682 741). T. A. Ferraro. December 1968. 18 pages. Uses a cation exchange-hydrochloric acid system to separate lithium, mag­ nesium, and aluminum from each other, and an anion exchange-hydrochloric acid system to separate 0.1 to 20% zinc from magnesium. An improved chelometric method is presented for deter­ mination of the separated zinc.

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Energy Levels and Intensities in the Solution Absorption Spectra of the Trivalent Lanthanides (ANL-7358). W. T. Carnall et al. March 1968. 94 pages. Contains sections on the theory of lanthanide absorption spectra, experi­ mental procedures and curve fittings, results of intensity correlations, and the use of intensity correlations to re­ fine energy-level parameters.

Development of a Spectrographs Method for Determination of LowLevel Impurity Elements in LeadZirconate Lead-Titanate Mixtures (PB-128 163). N. A. Mirti and B. Shivak. 1968. 126 pages.

Bibliography of Laser Publications of Interest to Emission Spectroscopists (IN-1219). J. M. Baldwin (Ed.). Oc­ tober 1968. 23 pages. Contains references in the following categories (1) laser beam interactions with gases and vapors, (2) action of laser beams upon matter initially pres­ ent as a condensed phase, and (3) ap­ plications of lasers to spectrographs analysis.

Annual Cumulative Index (USGRDR) j s now available. Published through the cooperative efforts of DDC and the Clearinghouse, the Index lists all re­ ports announced in U. S. Government Research & Development Reports dur­ ing 1968. Each entry gives subject field/group; a code denoting the jour­ nal containing an abstract of the re­ port; and the price of the report if sold by the Clearinghouse. The six sections composing the Index are: Sec­ tion 1, Personal Author; Section 2, Corporate Author; Section 3, Contract Number ; Section 4 Accession Number ; Section 5, Subject A - M ; Section 6, Subject N-Z. Price is $3.00 per sec­ tion.

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