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A CAREFULLY selected area in chemistry, largely metallurgy, is dealt with in this treatise, but what is done appears thorough. The treatment is not narrow and utilitarian, but a˜s scientific as is possible. The second half of the book deals with miscellaneous materials used in dentistry, such as porcelain, cements, abrasive materials and antiseptics, and in this, of course, much information is given which cannot be found in the ordinary text-books of chemistry. The Brunner-Mond process for zinc, described on p. 100, is said to be now obsolete, and the same applies to the third form of tin (p. 105). Some mention of modern processes for lead extraction might have been given. Davy's name is incorrectly given on p. 146.
The Chemistry of Dental Materials.
By Prof. C. S. Gibson. Pp. 176. (London: Benn Bros., Ltd., 1922.) 12s. 6d. net.
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The Chemistry of Dental Materials. Nature 111, 427 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111427b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111427b0