nresentations in the fifth edition have heen
~ x t m i i v e l yrevised aud expanded. Thir new
"Correlation Analysis in Organic Chemistry:
An Introduction to Linear Free Energy Re-
lationships" with additional material drawn
from his chanters in "Advances in Linear
Prrr Enrrgy Relatimahipr anat Correlation
Analysir in Chemistry: Rermt Advsncei." It
is not fair to judge the t,wk as juvt an
updated expansion, however. The first two
chapters are introductory material for the
novice of correlation analysis in organic
chemistry. These ehapters are well written
and carefullv lead the reader throueb " his-
t~rricalharkground matrrial and sufficient
statistics to understand and appreciate the
~ubtletiesof simple and multiple linear rr-
gressions. The remaining chapters are written
a t a higher level than his previous book and
present to the reader a thorough review and
critique of the literature. The real strength
and value of this book lies in Chanters 3
t h m w h 6 wherp the Hammett equation,
~trurturaleffecu, wlvmt rffwtu, and the rule
of the reagent we discawed in detail. Anyone
who desires a better understanding of rates
and equilibria in organic reactions is well
advised to read carefully these pages.
For those who are not acquainted with
earlier works hv John Shorter. the author
best desrrihes his own book with the fol-
Iwing. "It aim* to l w a fairly romprehen~ive
guide to the rorreliltion analysir of organic
reactivity, with emphasis on the use of mul-
tiparametric equations (multiple regres-
.
sion .. ."The title of the book is refreshingly trophotometry," "Flame Emission and
accurate. He assumes that the readers have
a basic knowledee of oreanic chemistrv: no-
~ ~
menclarure, chnrnrteristic~reactionsoicom- tmphotometry," "Raman Spectroscopy,"
mun functionnl gn,upr, rencthm mechanisms
and electronic theory as well as a good
grounding in physical chemistry. A prior
knowledge of regression procedures is not
assumed. This book is highly recommended
for the serious researcher in physical arganic
chemistry and would he a welcome addition
t o most graduate libraries.
Robert L. Soulen
Southwestern University combined into one chapter.
Georgetown, TX 78626
Instrumental Methods of Analysis,
Sixth Edltlon
Hobatl H. Willard. Lynne L. Merrift, John
A. Dean, and Frank A. Senle, Jr., Wads-
worth Publishing Company, Belmont, CA,
+
1981. xxiv 1030 pp. Figs. and tables. 17
X 24 cm.
The fourth and fifth editions of "Instru-
mental Methods of Analysis" have been my
textbooks andlor reference hooks, first as a
student and now as an instructor, for a
number of years. The appearance of the sixth
edition is like seeing an old friend who is
doing well and changing with the times.
Revising a book with the wide coverageof
this title obviously requires considerable ef-
fort. However, the judicious revision of a g o d
text generally produces a better product than
a first edition. The revisions and additions to chapters provide nlatrrial fur more errended
the fifth edition were needed and are well
dane. The revisions are not so extensive that
those familiar with the previous edition will
not see a lot of identical material.
A222 Journal of Chemical Education
do have current (197f-lSRO) refrrrnce;.
Most of the chapters runtnin a good as-
material has transformed a ueakness of the sortment of pmhlemi wrth selected answers;
yrrviws e d i t i o ~into~ a definite plus for thls some of the problems contain labratory type
edition. Chapter titles in these areas are data that can he used for dry-lab experi-
''Electronics: Fundamentals of Solid-state ments. An instructor's solutions manual that
Devices," "Electronics: Commonly Used provides solved problems is available from
Signal Modifying Circuits," "Data Handling" the oublisher.
"Comouter-Aided Analvsis." and "Process A .wtlon of lnhoratory rxprriments for
~nstr&nentsand ~ u t o m k i Analysis."
c many of the chapters is includrd. Some of the
The fifth edition contained only a single experimmts mnmin sufficient detail to serve
chromatography chapter-"Gas Chroma- as a laboratory manual; others present a n
tography." The authors have recognized and outline for work t o he dane, and some only
acknowledged the ever expanding and es- suggested work that could be dane.
sential role of chromatography by expanding
~~ ~
The index of this book is very extensive
chro~aatographycowrage to four rhapters and detailed and enhances the value of the
titled "Chn,rnatcggraph) -General P m r i - sixth edition as a reference bmk. The hook is
. . ;a.. Lhromatuersuhv."
ulrt,-.q -' ". .. "L~ruldCol- essenrialig irrr of typoyrayhical rrmrr, and
umn Chromatography: Instrumentation and the printing, figure^, and hinding are hrxh
Optimization," and "High-Performance quality.
Liquid Chromatographic Methods." Gas There will he questions concerning mini-
chromatography-mass spectrometry and mal coverage in a few area compared to more
liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry extensive coverage of other topics, but the
interfacing are covered in the "Mass Spec- .
.
aonarent ineauities usuallv ean be attributed
trometry" chapter. Gas chromatography- to thr reader'. per-onal intereim Overall the
spectroscopy interfacing is one of the few coverage tr adequate and nppnqrlate for a
topics of current interest that does not have quality undergraduate survey course, al-
a t least minimal coverage in this text. though all of the material could not he cov-
The sixth edition contains a new chapter ered in a semester. The sixth edition sdmi-
titled "An Introduction to Absorption and rably continues a tradition of providing a very
Emission Spectroscopy" that presents basic usahle Instrumental Analysis reference and
material pertinent to the chapters that im- textbook.
mediately follow-"Ultraviolet and Visible Donald P. Olander
Speetrophotometry Instrumentation," "Ul-
Appalachian State University
traviolet and Visible Absorption Methods," mane. NC 28608
"Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Spee-
Atomic Absorption Spectrometry," "Atomic
Emission Spectroscopy," "Infrared Spec-
"X-Ray Methods," "Radiochemical Meth-
ods," "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spec-
troscopy," and "Electron Spin Resonance
Spectroscopy." There is also a new chapter
titled "Chemical Analysisof Surfaces" which
introduces and surveys this topic. The
chapters titled "Refractometry and Inter-
ferometry" and "Polarimetry, Circular Di-
chroism, and Optical Rotatory Dispersion'*
in the fifth edition have been condensed and
Electrochemistry coverage begins with a
chapter titled "Introduction to Electrometric
Methods of Analysis" and is followed by "pH
and Ion Selective Potentiometry," "Poten-
tiometric Titrations," "Voltammetry, Po-
larography, and Related Techniques,''
"Electrogravimetry and Coulometry," and
"Conductance Methods." "Thermal Analy-
sis" is also one of the thirty-one chapters in
this edition.
Every chapter that is not new has had a t
least minimal revision. The "Conductance
Methods" chanter has been chaneed onlv .bv.
dropping a few minor topics and the corre-
sponding problems, experiments, and refer-
ences. The most recent reference included in
this chapter is dated 1971. Other chapters
carried over from the previous edition have
been more extensively revised and
updated.
The bibliomaohv .
" . with each chanter and
rcferencrs to the litrrarure includrd in most
,tudy whew appropriate, although rrcrnt
references are lacking in some chapters. The
"Introduction t o Electrometric Methods of
Analysis" chapter does not refer to any ma-