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<ul><li><p>BOOKS </p><p>tory chapter is that on impedance spectro- scopy, which suffers from the authors self-imposed restriction to simple mathe- matics; the spectra given here cannot be understood without the relevant deriva- tions. The book ends by discussing some examples of practical applications : batter- ies and fuel cells, corrosion, and electro- deposition. The review articles listed in the bibliography are mostly from the peri- od 1970 to 1983, with only a few excep- tions. That is also an indication of the state of knowledge covered by the book, which is not inappropriate for an in- troductory work such as this. </p><p>The book has evidently been produced in copy-ready form, and the author has made good use of modern desk-top pub- lishing methods. The only aspects that I disliked were the inadequately small type size in the index and inaccurate position- ing of the subscripts in some of the dia- grams. </p><p>As can be seen from the list of contents, the subject matter is limited to classical electrochemistry. and therefore to the in- formation obtainable from current- voltage curves. This restriction is appro- priate for an introductory text, so the author should not be blamed for having omitted modern spectroscopic methods. Nevertheless, I would have liked to see the electrochemistry of semiconductors in- cluded. as it is undoubtedly within the classical domain. To summarize, however, this introduction to electrochemical kinet- ics i s lucid and well written from a teach- ing standpoint. and the few shortcomings and omissions can willingly be forgiven. </p><p>Wolfgang Sclimickler Abteilung Elektrochemie </p><p>der UniversitLt Ulm (FRG) </p><p>Dictionary of Trivial Names/Trivial- namen-Handbuch. Vols. 1-3. Edited by Fachinformationszentrum Chemie (FIZ Chemie), Berlin. VCH Verlags- gesellschaft, Weinheim, 1993. XIV, 2464 pp., hardcover DM 2100.00.- ISBN 3-527-29030-6 </p><p>Having regard to the size of this refer- ence work and what it claims to provide, it i s at first glance very impressive and, despite the small print, easy to use. It lists 21 812 compounds under eight data fields, which comes to a total of 174496 data field entries - a considerable amount of information which should be of interest to a large number of potential users. How- ever. because of its price the number of actual purchasers will probably be much smaller than that. In any case, the high </p><p>price makes it necessary to d o a careful cost-benefit analysis, and that is what this review aims to provide. </p><p>The 14pages of preliminaries in Vol- ume 1 contain information about the con- tents, an introduction, and a more de- tailed explanation of the individual data fields and the indexes. This is followed by 1008 pages of text covering trivial names from A to H. Volume 2 (1296 pp.) covers trivial names from I to Z. Volume 3 con- tains an index of synonyms (60 pp.) and a reference index (200 pp.). Altogether 21 812 compounds are listed, each page presenting ten compounds in miniature VDU-screen displays (5 cm x 9 cm). Each of these has fields containing the English and German trivial names, a sequential data-bank number, the structural formula with full stereochemistry, the molecular formula, the CAS Registry number, ste- reochemical information, and bibliograph- ic information (a literature reference se- lected for maximum information about synthesis, structure, and activity). The print size of the text within the fields is uniform. about 1.5 mm, whereas the char- acters in the structural formulas are rarely more than 1.0 mm. Volumes 1 and 2 are each provided with a Fresnel lens that can be used as a bookmark and magnifier. </p><p>The work lists about 28000 entries (twice as many as in the German-language first edition published in the form of index cards), comprising trivial name of simple organic compound. names of natural prod- ucts of known constitution, common ab- breviations and acronyms for important compounds, and selected trade names of dyes, pharmaceuticals. and other indus- trial chemical products, together with an index of synonyms (in English), and a German-English index of names. </p><p>This reference work is intended as a re- source that one can turn to for help when, for example, a compound is referred to in the literature by a trivial name with which one is unfamiliar, when one needs the cor- rect structural formula of a compound for a publication or lecture and the trivial name is open to misunderstanding, or when one wishes to use an on-line data bank and needs search criteria such as syn- onyms or CAS Registry numbers. The Dic- tionary of Triviul Numes is intended for use by everyone working in the areas of or- ganic chemistry, biochemistry, or phar- maceutical chemistry, both in industry and in academic research. </p><p>After a thorough examination of this handbook (it would perhaps have been better to use the word Handbook in- stead of Dictionary in the English title, as on the back cover), a number of specific points occur to me: </p><p>1) Since the field containing the struc- tural formula i s of a constant size and each formula is always adjusted to fill the field so far as possible, the result i s that small molecules are shown on a large scale and large molecules on a reduced scale. Consequently there is often a gross mis- match between the size of the characters and the length of the bond lines (an ex- treme example is acetaldehyde, where the CH, and CHO groups are linked by a bond 7.5 cm long!). </p><p>2) The editors have not followed the usu- al practice of distinguishing stereochemi- cal descriptors from atomic symbols by means of italic type and/or brackets; also they are sometimes too far distant from the chiral center or too close to it, which can cause confusion (example: abienol). </p><p>3) The bibliographic information (which is not always in the form recommended in the Chemicul Abstructs System Source In- &amp;X) often seems very outdated (e.g. hys- tazarin: 1955), and sometimes cites exotic sources that are not easily accessible (e.g., hypotaurine: Atti Accud. Nuz. Liizcei CI. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nut. Rend.). Occasionally publications in less common languages are cited (e.g., homostephanoline: Yuku- guku Zusshi), or only a patent number is given (e.g., hetacillin: US 4321 196). In such cases it would have been very useful to also include a reference to Chcwicul Abstructs. </p><p>4) In a few cases the CAS Registry num- ber is not given, even though it is already known (e.g., inusoniolide: 129927-20-4). </p><p>5 ) In most cases the Cliernicul Ahstructs Index name is also known, and could use- fully have been included. Alongside the trivial name one would then have a name in accordance with nomenclature rules that would give the structure unambiguously and could be used for on-line searching. </p><p>6) Despite the size of the work there are, of course, some gaps here and there. Ran- dom checks showed, for example, that pseudilin and temaroten were both miss- ing (the CAS Registry numbers of these compounds prove that they have been known for a long time). Surprisingly, some common acronyms such as AIBN, BBN, COT, and DABCO were also miss- ing (showing that the claims made in the introduction regarding Acronyms of Im- portant Compounds need to be qualified somewhat). </p><p>How serious these individual shortcom- ings are to be regarded is a question that potential purchasers or users must decide for themselves. </p><p>However, one must also ask at this point whether or not some works of com- parable usefulness already exist. In prin- ciple the answer has to be yes--for ex- </p><p>0570-OH33i 94: 1212- 1305 5 10.00 + .2S, 0 1305 </p></li><li><p>BOOKS </p><p>ample, there are the Chemical Abstracts publications Registry Handbook- -Com- mon Numes and the Index Guide. The first of these contains, in its names section. over 1 300000 names with their CAS Reg- istry numbers and molecular formulas, and in its numbers section over 840000 Reg- istry numbers with more than 1800000 names (including the CA Index names that are so useful for on-line searching). This work is available at a cost of $ 1070.00 (1 994 price) in microfiche or mi- crofilm form. If one is unwilling to derive the structural formula from the CA Index name, it can easily be obtained by on-line retrieval or from the usual Chemical Ab- stracts printed volumes (as also can the bibliographic information). The Index Guide contains 2248 pages listing about 250000 entries (mainly trivial names and acronyms with their CA Index names and CAS Registry numbers, and also struc- tural formulas for stereoparent com- pounds), as well as numerous appendices that are also useful in dealing with ques- tions of nomenclature; in printed form it costs $70.00 for a single issue, o r $ 190.00 for three updated issues over a five-year period (1994 prices). The facilities for structural formulas and bibliographic in- formation mentioned above for the Reg- istry Handbook-Conzmon Names are the same in this case. </p><p>A simple calculation gives unit costs of about D M 0.08 per name or D M 0.10 per compound in the case of the Dictionar.v of Trivial Names. Similar calculations for the Registry Handbook-Common Names and for the Index Guide give unit costs of less than D M 0.01 per name or per compound. Here again the potential pur- chaser or user must decide whether to pay more for fewer names and compounds nirh structural formulas and a literature reference (the latter subject to the reserva- tions mentioned earlier), or to pay less for a greater number of names and com- </p><p>pounds, usually without structural formu- las and without literature references. </p><p>The decision in favor of one or the other publication will certainly depend on the detailed needs of the user. The reviewer hopes that the comments offered here will help in making the decision. </p><p>Udo Eberhardt Cheniische Berichte Editorial Office </p><p>Weinheim (FRG) </p><p>Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Analysis. By R. E. Lee. Ellis Horwood/PRT Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1993. 464 pp., hardcover $60.00.--ISBN 0-13- </p><p>Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has now become well established in many areas of chemistry, materials science, physics, biology, and medicine, in situa- tions that demand high resolution imag- ing of materials and specimens or chemi- cal analysis of microscopic regions. There is already plenty of literature, including some that is very recent, treating the methods of electron microscopy at a level suitable for specialists. However, this book has been written with a different ob- jective, namely to explain, with a mini- mum of mathematics but with many well- chosen drawings, figures, and diagrams, the elementary physical and technical as- pects of the scanning electron microscope. The author, who has many years of prac- tical experience in this field, has certainly succeeded in this aim. </p><p>The first five of the twelve chapters are concerned with the construction of the scanning electron microscope, the genera- tion of the electron beam, and the prin- ciples, functioning, and aberrations of magnetic lenses. The author describes applications-related aspects with detailed </p><p>81 3759-5 </p><p>illustrations, for example, images of the surface of a cathode after overheating, and also discusses recent instrumental de- velopments such as the use of field emis- sion sources. The following chapters deal with the interaction of electrons with mat- ter, different types of detectors, and in considerable detail with image formation and image processing. Scattering process- es, contrast mechanisms, and many other aspects of importance to the user are ex- plained in careful detail by text and fig- ures. The chapters on vacuum pumping and pressure measurement and on speci- men preparation are equally clear and de- tailed. The final chapter contains a thor- ough and detailed description of SEM X-ray microanalysis, explaining the prin- ciples of energy-dispersive and wavelength- dispersive spectroscopy, and the artefacts that can arise in qualitative and quantita- tive elemental analysis. The book ends with a useful appendix which includes data on the characteristic X-ray emissions of the elements, and also a short glossary of tech- nical terms which is especially helpful. </p><p>I can thoroughly recommend this book for newcomers to SEM methods, as it cov- ers all the important aspects and explains them in a simple, clear, and understand- able way, but without being too superfi- cial. Technical and scientific staff working in electron microscopy laboratories will also find the book very useful, and will obtain new insights from it. Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Analysis is certainly a very useful addition to the literature of the SEM laboratory, and I feel sure that it will come to be regarded as essential basic reading there. Lastly I rec- ommend the book to the interested reader who simply wants to know something about how an electron microscope works and how it is used. </p><p>Werner Mader Institut fur Anorganische Chemie </p><p>der Universitat Bonn (FRG) </p><p>1306 ( 1 VCH Verlugsgrs~~ll.sc.liufI mhH. 0-69451 Wrinheim. 1994 0570-0R33!94!1212-1306 X 10.00+ 2 5 i O Anyru . Clirm. Inl. Ed. EngI. 1994, 33, No. 12 </p></li></ul>

<ul><li><p>BOOKS </p><p>tory chapter is that on impedance spectro- scopy, which suffers from the authors self-imposed restriction to simple mathe- matics; the spectra given here cannot be understood without the relevant deriva- tions. The book ends by discussing some examples of practical applications : batter- ies and fuel cells, corrosion, and electro- deposition. The review articles listed in the bibliography are mostly from the peri- od 1970 to 1983, with only a few excep- tions. That is also an indication of the state of knowledge covered by the book, which is not inappropriate for an in- troductory work such as this. </p><p>The book has evidently been produced in copy-ready form, and the author has made good use of modern desk-top pub- lishing methods. The only aspects that I disliked were the inadequately small type size in the index and inaccurate position- ing of the subscripts in some of the dia- grams. </p><p>As can be seen from the list of contents, the subject matter is limited to classical electrochemistry. and therefore to the in- formation obtainable from current- voltage curves. This restriction is appro- priate for an introductory text, so the author should not be blamed for having omitted modern spectroscopic methods. Nevertheless, I would have liked to see the electrochemistry of semiconductors in- cluded. as it is undoubtedly within the classical domain. To summarize, however, this introduction to electrochemical kinet- ics i s lucid and well written from a teach- ing standpoint. and the few shortcomings and omissions can willingly be forgiven. </p><p>Wolfgang Sclimickler Abteilung Elektrochemie </p><p>der UniversitLt Ulm (FRG) </p><p>Dictionary of Trivial Names/Trivial- namen-Handbuch. Vols. 1-3. Edited by Fachinformationszentrum Chemie (FIZ Chemie), Berlin. VCH Verlags- gesellschaft, Weinheim, 1993. XIV, 2464 pp., hardcover DM 2100.00.- ISBN 3-527-29030-6 </p><p>Having regard to the size of this refer- ence work and what it claims to provide, it i s at first glance very impressive and, despite the small print, easy to use. It lists 21 812 compounds under eight data fields, which comes to a total of 174496 data field entries - a considerable amount of information which should be of interest to a large number of potential users. How- ever. because of its price the number of actual purchasers will probably be much smaller than that. In any case, the high </p><p>price makes it necessary to d o a careful cost-benefit analysis, and that is what this review aims to provide. </p><p>The 14pages of preliminaries in Vol- ume 1 contain information about the con- tents, an introduction, and a more de- tailed explanation of the individual data fields and the indexes. This is followed by 1008 pages of text covering trivial names from A to H. Volume 2 (1296 pp.) covers trivial names from I to Z. Volume 3 con- tains an index of synonyms (60 pp.) and a reference index (200 pp.). Altogether 21 812 compounds are listed, each page presenting ten compounds in miniature VDU-screen displays (5 cm x 9 cm). Each of these has fields containing the English and German trivial names, a sequential data-bank number, the structural formula with full stereochemistry, the molecular formula, the CAS Registry number, ste- reochemical information, and bibliograph- ic information (a literature reference se- lected for maximum information about synthesis, structure, and activity). The print size of the text within the fields is uniform. about 1.5 mm, whereas the char- acters in the structural formulas are rarely more than 1.0 mm. Volumes 1 and 2 are each provided with a Fresnel lens that can be used as a bookmark and magnifier. </p><p>The work lists about 28000 entries (twice as many as in the German-language first edition published in the form of index cards), comprising trivial name of simple organic compound. names of natural prod- ucts of known constitution, common ab- breviations and acronyms for important compounds, and selected trade names of dyes, pharmaceuticals. and other indus- trial chemical products, together with an index of synonyms (in English), and a German-English index of names. </p><p>This reference work is intended as a re- source that one can turn to for help when, for example, a compound is referred to in the literature by a trivial name with which one is unfamiliar, when one needs the cor- rect structural formula of a compound for a publication or lecture and the trivial name is open to misunderstanding, or when one wishes to use an on-line data bank and needs search criteria such as syn- onyms or CAS Registry numbers. The Dic- tionary of Triviul Numes is intended for use by everyone working in the areas of or- ganic chemistry, biochemistry, or phar- maceutical chemistry, both in industry and in academic research. </p><p>After a thorough examination of this handbook (it would perhaps have been better to use the word Handbook in- stead of Dictionary in the English title, as on the back cover), a number of specific points occur to me: </p><p>1) Since the field containing the struc- tural formula i s of a constant size and each formula is always adjusted to fill the field so far as possible, the result i s that small molecules are shown on a large scale and large molecules on a reduced scale. Consequently there is often a gross mis- match between the size of the characters and the length of the bond lines (an ex- treme example is acetaldehyde, where the CH, and CHO groups are linked by a bond 7.5 cm long!). </p><p>2) The editors have not followed the usu- al practice of distinguishing stereochemi- cal descriptors from atomic symbols by means of italic type and/or brackets; also they are sometimes too far distant from the chiral center or too close to it, which can cause confusion (example: abienol). </p><p>3) The bibliographic information (which is not always in the form recommended in the Chemicul Abstructs System Source In- &amp;X) often seems very outdated (e.g. hys- tazarin: 1955), and sometimes cites exotic sources that are not easily accessible (e.g., hypotaurine: Atti Accud. Nuz. Liizcei CI. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nut. Rend.). Occasionally publications in less common languages are cited (e.g., homostephanoline: Yuku- guku Zusshi), or only a patent number is given (e.g., hetacillin: US 4321 196). In such cases it would have been very useful to also include a reference to Chcwicul Abstructs. </p><p>4) In a few cases the CAS Registry num- ber is not given, even though it is already known (e.g., inusoniolide: 129927-20-4). </p><p>5 ) In most cases the Cliernicul Ahstructs Index name is also known, and could use- fully have been included. Alongside the trivial name one would then have a name in accordance with nomenclature rules that would give the structure unambiguously and could be used for on-line searching. </p><p>6) Despite the size of the work there are, of course, some gaps here and there. Ran- dom checks showed, for example, that pseudilin and temaroten were both miss- ing (the CAS Registry numbers of these compounds prove that they have been known for a long time). Surprisingly, some common acronyms such as AIBN, BBN, COT, and DABCO were also miss- ing (showing that the claims made in the introduction regarding Acronyms of Im- portant Compounds need to be qualified somewhat). </p><p>How serious these individual shortcom- ings are to be regarded is a question that potential purchasers or users must decide for themselves. </p><p>However, one must also ask at this point whether or not some works of com- parable usefulness already exist. In prin- ciple the answer has to be yes--for ex- </p><p>0570-OH33i 94: 1212- 1305 5 10.00 + .2S, 0 1305 </p></li><li><p>BOOKS </p><p>ample, there are the Chemical Abstracts publications Registry Handbook- -Com- mon Numes and the Index Guide. The first of these contains, in its names section. over 1 300000 names with their CAS Reg- istry numbers and molecular formulas, and in its numbers section over 840000 Reg- istry numbers with more than 1800000 names (including the CA Index names that are so useful for on-line searching). This work is available at a cost of $ 1070.00 (1 994 price) in microfiche or mi- crofilm form. If one is unwilling to derive the structural formula from the CA Index name, it can easily be obtained by on-line retrieval or from the usual Chemical Ab- stracts printed volumes (as also can the bibliographic information). The Index Guide contains 2248 pages listing about 250000 entries (mainly trivial names and acronyms with their CA Index names and CAS Registry numbers, and also struc- tural formulas for stereoparent com- pounds), as well as numerous appendices that are also useful in dealing with ques- tions of nomenclature; in printed form it costs $70.00 for a single issue, o r $ 190.00 for three updated issues over a five-year period (1994 prices). The facilities for structural formulas and bibliographic in- formation mentioned above for the Reg- istry Handbook-Conzmon Names are the same in this case. </p><p>A simple calculation gives unit costs of about D M 0.08 per name or D M 0.10 per compound in the case of the Dictionar.v of Trivial Names. Similar calculations for the Registry Handbook-Common Names and for the Index Guide give unit costs of less than D M 0.01 per name or per compound. Here again the potential pur- chaser or user must decide whether to pay more for fewer names and compounds nirh structural formulas and a literature reference (the latter subject to the reserva- tions mentioned earlier), or to pay less for a greater number of names and com- </p><p>pounds, usually without structural formu- las and without literature references. </p><p>The decision in favor of one or the other publication will certainly depend on the detailed needs of the user. The reviewer hopes that the comments offered here will help in making the decision. </p><p>Udo Eberhardt Cheniische Berichte Editorial Office </p><p>Weinheim (FRG) </p><p>Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Analysis. By R. E. Lee. Ellis Horwood/PRT Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1993. 464 pp., hardcover $60.00.--ISBN 0-13- </p><p>Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has now become well established in many areas of chemistry, materials science, physics, biology, and medicine, in situa- tions that demand high resolution imag- ing of materials and specimens or chemi- cal analysis of microscopic regions. There is already plenty of literature, including some that is very recent, treating the methods of electron microscopy at a level suitable for specialists. However, this book has been written with a different ob- jective, namely to explain, with a mini- mum of mathematics but with many well- chosen drawings, figures, and diagrams, the elementary physical and technical as- pects of the scanning electron microscope. The author, who has many years of prac- tical experience in this field, has certainly succeeded in this aim. </p><p>The first five of the twelve chapters are concerned with the construction of the scanning electron microscope, the genera- tion of the electron beam, and the prin- ciples, functioning, and aberrations of magnetic lenses. The author describes applications-related aspects with detailed </p><p>81 3759-5 </p><p>illustrations, for example, images of the surface of a cathode after overheating, and also discusses recent instrumental de- velopments such as the use of field emis- sion sources. The following chapters deal with the interaction of electrons with mat- ter, different types of detectors, and in considerable detail with image formation and image processing. Scattering process- es, contrast mechanisms, and many other aspects of importance to the user are ex- plained in careful detail by text and fig- ures. The chapters on vacuum pumping and pressure measurement and on speci- men preparation are equally clear and de- tailed. The final chapter contains a thor- ough and detailed description of SEM X-ray microanalysis, explaining the prin- ciples of energy-dispersive and wavelength- dispersive spectroscopy, and the artefacts that can arise in qualitative and quantita- tive elemental analysis. The book ends with a useful appendix which includes data on the characteristic X-ray emissions of the elements, and also a short glossary of tech- nical terms which is especially helpful. </p><p>I can thoroughly recommend this book for newcomers to SEM methods, as it cov- ers all the important aspects and explains them in a simple, clear, and understand- able way, but without being too superfi- cial. Technical and scientific staff working in electron microscopy laboratories will also find the book very useful, and will obtain new insights from it. Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Analysis is certainly a very useful addition to the literature of the SEM laboratory, and I feel sure that it will come to be regarded as essential basic reading there. Lastly I rec- ommend the book to the interested reader who simply wants to know something about how an electron microscope works and how it is used. </p><p>Werner Mader Institut fur Anorganische Chemie </p><p>der Universitat Bonn (FRG) </p><p>1306 ( 1 VCH Verlugsgrs~~ll.sc.liufI mhH. 0-69451 Wrinheim. 1994 0570-0R33!94!1212-1306 X 10.00+ 2 5 i O Anyru . Clirm. Inl. Ed. EngI. 1994, 33, No. 12 </p></li></ul>