ORGANIC SOLVENTS：PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF PURIFICATION FOURTH EDITION(VOLUME TWO TECHNIQUES OF CHEMISTRY, FOURTH EDITION)

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About the authors John A. Riddick is retired from the Research and Development Division of Commercial Solvents Corporation. He is the senior revising author of the second and third editions of Organic Solvents, author of "Acid-Base Titrations in Nonaqueous Solvents," Analytical Chemistry, Biennial Review, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1960, and coauthor of "Alkanolamines," Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemical Analysis, Volume 5. He earned his PhD in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Iowa. William B. Bunger (1917-1984) was Professor Emeritus at Indiana State University where he served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry. For many years he served as Alternate Councilor for the Wabash Valley Section of the American Chemical Society. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Auburn University. He earned his PhD in Organic Chemistry at Kansas State University. Theodore K. Sakano is Professor of Chemistry at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is the coauthor, with William B. Bunger, of two solution manuals for physical chemistry texts. He served as Chairman of the Wabash Valley Section of the American Chemical Society. He earned his PhD in Physical Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the senior revising author of the fourth edition of Organic Solvents.

Classification of the Solvents.

Physical Properties: Discussion of Properties and Criteria for Their Selection.

Physical Properties: Tabulations.

Criteria of Purity.

Drying and Determination of Water.

Purification Methods.

Bibliography.

Index.