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THE fifth edition of Prof. Findlay's “Practical Physical Chemistry” may be regarded as celebrating the half-jubilee of the book, which was first issued in 1906. Throughout this period its general character has been maintained, but its usefulness has been increased by the introduction of new experiments from time to time. In the present edition the preface tells us that these new experiments deal with gaseous dissociation, vapour pressure of liquids, viscosity of highly viscous liquids, potentiometric methods, and the use of indicators for the determination of hydrogen ion concentration, whilst attention has been directed to the concept of the activity of strong electrolytes and to the phenomenon of salt effect. The vapour pressure of salt hydrates and the freezing points of binary mixtures have also received brief treatment.
Practical Physical Chemistry.
By Prof. Alexander Findlay. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. xii + 312. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1931.) 7s. 6d. net.
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Chemistry. Nature 128, 959 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128959a0
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