Lange's Handbook of Chemistry - Tapa dura

Highly recommended for university, research, special, and large public libraries.''

Known for over half a century simply as "Lange's Handbook", this classic reference covers the entire field of chemistry, with state-of-the-art facts, figures, values, tables and formulae. It is designed as a useful source of information for all chemistry professionals, engineers, and technicians. It features concise descriptions and cross-indexed subject listings. This 14th edition contains over 60 percent new or revised material, including conversion to the SI system. It covers: organic chemistry, including the physical properties of 4000 frequently-used organic compounds; inorganic chemistry, with nomenclature based on 1990 IUPAC recommendations and descriptions of over 2500 inorganic compounds; extensive thermodynamic data, with several new tables; spectroscopy, with new material on ultraviolet-visible, infrared, Raman, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectrometry; a competely updated section on polymers, rubbers, fats, oils, and waxes; plus detailed sections on atomic and molecular structure, analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, physical properties, practical laboratory information, and mathematics for chemists.