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WATER AND WATER ANALYSIS (in German: Wasser und Wasseruntersuchung), 2nd revised edition in the Series “Laboratory Books in Chemistry”, by Leonhard A. Hiitter, A-6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria, 344 pages (including 38 figures, 34 tables, 43 pages with newest literature references and other informations (regulations, addresses) mainly from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and a good index of nine pages), carton cover, format 227 × 165 mm, ISBN 3-425-05075-3, Verlag Diesterweg/Salle, D-6000 Frankfurt/Main and Sauerlander, CH-5000 Aarau (1984), DM 48.00

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, Volume 2 of a Series, edited by Laverne J. Weber, Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, Oregon, U.S.A., 236 pages (including 7 tables, 33 figures, references (mainly of the 1970's) added to each chapter, and a valuable subject index of 6 pages), linen, format 243 × 163 mm, ISBN 0-89004-439-2, Raven Press, New York 10036 (1984), US $55.00

TOXICITY TESTING, NEW APPROACHES AND APPLICATIONS IN HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT, edited by Dr. A. P. Li et al., Enviromental Health Laboratory Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 295 pages (including 37 tables, 49 figures, newest references added to each contribution, discussion statements, a good subject index of six pages, and an address list of contributors), linen, format 241 × 162mm, ISBN 0-88167-083-9, Raven Press, New York (1983/1985), US $50.50

HEALTH RISKS TO FEMALE WORKERS IN OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL AGENTS, by Prof. Dr. Reinier L. Zielhuis et al., Coronel Laboratorium, Universiteit van NL-1054 BW Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 132 pages (including 30 tables, references added to each chapter, an appendix on recent data, but no subject index), soft cover, format 242 × 165mm, ISBN 3-540- 13579-0, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-Tokyo (1984), DM 70.00, or approximately US $24.60

IS THE SOIL DYING (in German: Stirbt der Boden)? GDI-Series Man-Nature-Environment, by Dr. Volker Hauff et al., D-5300 Bonn, 250 pages (including 49 figures, 34 tables, an author index of two pages, but no subject index), soft cover, format 241 × 171 mm, no ISBN-number, GDI-Buchhandlung, CH-8803 Riischlikon, Switzerland (1985), SFr. 50.00

THE HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, PARTS C and D, edited by Prof. Dr. Otto Hutzinger, Chair of Ecological Chemistry and Geochemistry, D-8580 Bayreuth, linen, format 248 × 170 mm, Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-Tokyo (1985).     

Perkin-Elmer introduce new gas chromatograph

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APPLICATIONS OF MASS SPECTROMETRY TO TRACE ANALYSIS. Ed. S. Facchetti, Elsevier, US $78.75, Dfl. 185.00.

QUANTITATIVE AQUATIC BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS. by David J. H. Phillips, Fisheries Research Station Aberdeen, Hong Kong, POLLUTION MONITORING SERIES (1980), 488 pages (including 99 figures, 103 tables, 44 pages of literature references up to 1978, an author index of 10 pages, a species index of 4 pages, and a subject index of 18 pages), linen, format 228 × 148 mm, ISBN 0-85334-884-7, Applied Science Publishers Ltd., London, £26.

DIRECTORY OF POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT COMPANIES IN WESTERN EUROPE, Third Edition (1980), 588 pages (including an index of 127 pages, which is however-structured somewhat arbitrarily according to types of equipment and according to countries), stiff paper cover, format 210 × 147 mm, ISBN 0 906685 00 1, European Directories, a Division of Inter Company Comparisons Ltd., 23, City Road, London EC1Y 1AA, £30.

HALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, TERPHENYLS, NAPHTHALENES, DIBENZODIOXINS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, by R. D. Kimbrough (ed.) (Elsevier Biomedical Press, R.V., Amsterdam, NL. U.S. $95.00, Dfl 195.

CHROMATOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Environmental problem solving using gas and liquid chromatography, R. L. Grob and M. A. Kaiser, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1982, XII + 240 pages, ISBN 0-444-42065-7     

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Glossary On Air Pollution, Who Regional Publications European Series No. 9 (Director, Promotion of Environmental Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Scherfigsvej 8, DK-2100 Copenhagen θ) 1980, 114 pages (including an introduction, a list of reviewers and a list of the sources of definitions), stiff paper cover, format 239 ± 159 mm, ISBN 92-9020-109-6, WHO Health and Biomedical Information Programme, CH-1211 Geneva 27, SFr. 12.

Spektroskopische Methoden in Der Organischen Chemie (in German), by Manfred Hesse, Herbert Meier and Bernd Zeeh, 478 pages, including 169 figures and 86 tables, flexible paper cover, ISBN 3-13-576101-0, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1979, price DM 26.80.

Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Environmental Samples, World Health Organisation/International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC Publication No. 29 (Series: Environmental Carcinogens, Selected Methods of Analysis, Volume 3, edited by H. Egan, Laboratory of the Government Chemist, London, U.K. et al.) 1980, 240 pages (including 17 figures, 18 tables, many formulae, an annex with 8 methods of analysis and 29 pages of valuable references in two sections), linen, format 242 ± 186 mm, ISBN 92-8-321129-4, WHO Health and Biomedical Information Programme, CH-1211 Geneva 27, US$30 or SFr. 50.

Toxic Metals and Their Analysis by Eleanor Berman, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., 304 pages (including an index of 5 pages, 29 tables and 5 figures), linen, format 241 × 163 mm, ISBN 0-85501-468-7, published 1980 by Heyden International Topics in Science, Spectrum House, Hillview Gardens, London NW4 2JQ, U.K., prices £12, US$27 or DM 56.     

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HANDBOOK FOR ESTIMATING PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, by M. Reinhard and A. Drefal, 228 pages, J. Wiley, New York (1999). ISBN 0—471—172634. UK £ 210.00

THE CHEMISTRY OF POLLUTION, by G. Fellenberg, 192 pp. J. Wiley & Sons, Chichester, U.K. (1999). ISBN 0—471—980889. UK£ 24,95.

NATURAL ATTENUATION OF FUELS AND CHLORINATED SOLVENTS IN THE SUBSURFACE, by T.H. Wiedemeier, H.S. Rifai, C.J. Newell and J.T. Wilson, 617 pages, J. Wiley, New York (1999). ISBN 0—471—19749—1. UK £ 58.50

UNDERSTANDING OUR ENVIRONMENT, 3^rd, edition, edited by R.M. Harrison, 445 pages, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge (UK) (1999). ISBN 0—85404—584—8. UK£ 19.95

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS, Vol. 12 of Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, edited by R.E. Hester and R.H. Harrison, 152 pages, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge (U.K.) (1999). ISBN 0—85404—255—5. UK£ 25,00

METHOD PERFORMANCE STUDIES FOR SPECIATION ANALYSIS. by P. Quevauviller, 271 pages, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge (U.K.) (1998). ISBN 0—85404—467—1. UK£ 59.50

GLOBAL AQUATIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, by H.D. Kumar and D.P. Häder, 393 pages, Springer, Berlin (1999). ISBN 3—540—65369—4. USD 229.00

BIOACCUMULATION. New Aspects and Developments, edited by B. Beek, 284 pages, Springer, Heidelberg, 2000. ISBN 3—540—62575. USD 143.00

INTERLABORATORY STUDIES AND CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. The BCR approach, by Ph. Quevauviller and E.A. Maier, 558 pages, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam NL, (1999). ISBN 0—444—82389—1. USD 251.50 (Euro 224.62).     

A Review of: “Aquatic Chemistry (An Introduction Emphasizing Chemical Equilibria in Natural Waters)”

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2nd Edition, by Prof. Dr. Werner Stumm, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, and Prof. Dr. James J. Morgan, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 780 pages (including 97 tables, 167 figures, an appendix of 8 pages “Thermodynamic Properties of Common Chemical Species in Aquatic Systems”, an author index of 10 pages, and a subject index of 14 pages), stiff paper cover, format 234 ± 161 mm, ISBN 0-471-04831-3, John Wiley & Sons, New York (1981)     

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ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL AND WATER CHEMISTRY, by V.P. Evangelou, 564 pages, Wiley Interscience, New York (1998). ISBN 0-471-16515-8. £ 51.95.

ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT PROCESSES, by B.E. Logan, 654 pages, Wiley Interscience, New York (1999). ISBN 0-471-18871-9. £58.50

MERCURY CONTAMINATED SITES. Characterization, risk assessment and remediation, edited by R. Ebinghaus, R.R. Turner, L.D. de Lacerda, O. Vasiliev and W. Salomons, 538 pages, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (1999). ISBN 3-540-63731-1. DM 198.00. USD 129.00

ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOCHEMISTRY, edited by P. Boule, 359 pages, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (1999). ISBN 3-540-62913-0. DM 298.00

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO MASS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION, by T. A. Lee, 186 pages, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, (1998). ISBN 0-471-97629-6 USD 19.99

TECHNIQUES IN AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, edited by Gary K. Ostrander, 686 pages, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (1996). ISBN 1-56670-149-X, £ 65.00

HANDBOOK OF CHEMOMETRICS AND QUALIMETRICS. Part B, by D.L. Massart, L.M.C. Buydens, S. de Jong, P.J. Lewi and J. Smeyers-Verbeke, 732 pages, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1998). ISBN 0-444-82853-2. USD 201.00     

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A Guide to Organophosphorus Chemistry, by Louis D. Quin, an internationally recognized authority, published by John Wiley and Sons (http://www.wiley.com/chemistry) ISBN 0-471-31824-8, $94.95, 394pp.

Aminophosphonic and Aminophosphinic Acids: Chemistry and Biological Activity. Editors: Valery P. Kukhar (Ukrainian Academy of Sciences) and Harry R Hudson (University of North London). Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, on 31 March, 2000. ISBN 0 471-89149-5, 175.00 Pounds sterling, 634 pages.

Phosphorus Ylides. Chemistry and Application in Organic Synthesis, by Oleg I. Kolodiazhnyi. Published by Wiley-VCH, 1999, ISBN 3-527-29531-3, 220SF, 555 pages.     

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Summary Myron Kaufman: Principles of Thermodynamics, No. 15 in Undergraduate Chemistry, A Series of Textbooks, Edited by J.J. Lagowski, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, Basel, 2002 xiv + 393 pages, ISBN: 0-8247-0692-7, Price: <InlineEquation><EquationSource=tex>85.00     

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TROUBLESHOOTING IN DER HPLC (Fehlersuche in der HPLC) by N. Vonk, B. G. J. Baars and H. Schaller, Birkhauser Verlag, Therwill (Switzerland), 140 pages, ISBN 3-7643-2400-7, SFr 44.80.

WATER SAMPLING, ed., J. M. Krajca, Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester, U.K., 212 pages. £39.95, ISBN 0-853128138.     

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Aquatic Chemistry: An Introduction Emphasizing Chemical Equilibria in Natural Waters. Werner Stumm and James L. Morgan. Wiley-Interscience, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto 1971. XV+582 pages. Reviewed by R. P. Walser, Quality Control, Pharmaceutical Division, Sandoz Ltd., Basle, Switzerland

Residue Reviews. Edited by F. A. Günther, Springer Verlag, New York, Vols. 34, 38, and 40, 1971. Reviewed by O. Hutzinger, Atlantic Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Determination of organophosphorus pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables, on the Swedish market from 1964 to 1968, by S. Renvall and M. Âkerblom (Vol. 34, p. 1).

Pesticide residue analysis in the presence of Polychlorobiphenyls (PCB), by L. M. Reynolds (Vol. 34, p. 27).

Development of the Food and Drug Administration's method of analysis for multiple residues of organochlorine pesticides in foods and feeds, by J. A. Burke (Vol. 34, p. 59).

Carbamate insecticide residues in plant material: Determination by gas chromatography, by I. H. Williams (Vol. 38, p. 1).

Analytical methods for the determination of fumigants, by B. Malone (Vol. 38, p. 21).

Recent applications of mass spectrometry and combined gas chromatographymass spectrometry to pesticide residue analysis, by F. J. Biros (Vol. 40, p. 1).     

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Neure Methoden zur Analyse von Tensiden, H. Konig, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York. 25Abb., VII, 239 pages. 1971, DM 58.00. ISBN 3-540-05581-9. Reviewed by T. Rihs, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Apartado 340, Quito, Ecuador.

P. P. FIETZEK und K. KUHN, H. CLEVER, H. KRECH, W. MARKS, F. OEHME: “Automation in Analytical Chemistry” 32 Abb., 103 Seiten, 1972, DM 28, -, U.S. $8.90. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York. ISBN 3-540-05758-7. Begutachtet von S. Wolf, Hoffman-La Roche, Basle, Switzerland.     

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Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Techniques and Applications, A. L. Yergey, C. G. Edmonds, I. A. S. Lewis, and M. L. Vestal, Modern Analytical Chemistry Series, D. Hercules, Editor, 306 pages, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1989. $65.00; price 20% higher outside USA and Canada.

Analytical Microbiology Methods, Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry, A. Fox, S. L. Morgan, L. Larsson and G. Odham, Editors, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1920, 280 pages. $65.00; prices 20% higher outside USA and Canada.

Ion Chromatography, H. Small, Modern Analytical Chemistry Series, D. Hercules, Editor, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1990, 376 pages. $49.50; prices 20% higher outside USA and Canada.     

A review of: “CHROMATOGRAPHY IN BIOTECHNOLOGY”

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C. Horváth and L. S. Ettre, Eds. ACS Symposium Series 529, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1993 hardbound pp. ix+189, $49.95     

Celebrating Chemistry and Art: National Chemistry Week 2001

For the year 2001 the theme of National Chemistry Week, the American Chemical Societys annual outreach program, is Celebrating Chemistry and Art. Various examples of chemists who also made contributions to music, literature, and poetry are presented. The relationship of chemistry to such visual arts as painting, sculpture, photography, and art conservation is discussed. Useful resource articles are also cited. The history of National Chemistry Day, the brainchild of 1989 ACS President George C. Pimentel, and its successor, National Chemistry Week, are briefly discussed, as well as the desirability of a change in date because of competition from election news in the media. The new date for NCW, beginning in 2002, is announced for the first time.Series Editor Contribution     

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PLANAR CHROMATOGRAPHY IN THE LIFE SCIENCES, Joseph C. Touchstone, Editor, Volume 108 in the Chemical Analysis Series, John Wiley- and Sons, Inc., New York, 1990. Price $59.95.

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY: APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL, PHARMACEUTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, Mark A. Brown, Editor, ACS Symposium Series Volume 420, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1990. Price – $71.95.

ADVANCES IN CHROMATOGRAPHY, J.C. Giddings, E. Grushka, and P.R. Brown, Editors, Biotechnological Applications and Methods (Volume 29), Selectivity and Retention in Chromatography (Volume 30), Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1989. Price – $125.00 each (USA and Canada) and $150.00 each (all other countries).     

George C. Pimentel (1922–1989): A Retrospective Personal and Pictorial Tribute a Decade after His Death

Ever since receiving the 1993 ACS Pimentel Award in Chemical Education (Figure 1), I have been interested in the life and achievements of the Fresno-born, larger-than-life figure after whom the award was named. The year 1999 provides an especially appropriate occasion to recall Pimentels personal and professional career, for it is the tenth anniversary not only of his death but also of National Chemistry Week, the expanded form of National Chemistry Day, the popular American Chemical Society outreach program that he originated.     

Spectrophotometry and spectrofluorimetry for biochemists

Spectrophotometry and Spectrofluorimetry, A Practical Approach, edited by D.A. Harris and C.L. Bashford, IRL, 1987, £ 15.50 (softbound)/£ 25.00 (hardbound) (xii + 176 pages) ISBN 0-947946-46-2 (softbound)/0-947946-69-1 (hardbound)     

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Modern NMR Techniques and Their Applications in Chemistry, Edited by A. I. Popov and K. Hallenga, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY 10016, 1991, 680 pp. Price: $135.00; $162.00 outside USA and Canada.

Chromatographic Analysis of Alkaloids, M. Popl, J. Fahnrich and V. Tatar, Chromatographic Science Series, Volume 53, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY 10016, 1990, 664 pp. Price: $1 50.00; $180.00 outside USA and Canada.

Luminescence Techniques in Chemical and Biochemical Analysis, Edited by W. R. G. Baeyens, D. DeKeukeleire and K. Korkidis, Practical Spectroscopy Series, Volume #12, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, 654 pages, 1991. Price: $1 50.00 (USA and Canada); $1 80.00 (all other countries).

Wood and Cellulosic Chemistry, Edited by D.N.6. Hon and N. Shiraishi, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, 1020 pages, 1990. Price: $195.00 (USA and Canada); $234.00 (all other countries).     

A review of: “Gas Separation Technology”

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E.F. Vansant and R. Dewolfs, Eds. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1990; (Process Technology Proceedings, 8), hard bound, 700 pages, $233.00     

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Summary Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Volume 2, Applications to Inorganic and Miscellaneous Materials, by Michael E. Brown and Patrick K. Gallagher (Editors). Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, 2003, 905 pp, ISBN 0 444 82086 8;