Abstract
THE volume contains a history of the development of nephelometers, an account of the theory of nephelometry, and examples of the use of the nephelometer in inorganic and organic analysis; it has a useful bibliography and satisfactory author and subject indexes. Prof. Yoe rightly lays stress on the necessity of studying systematically every reaction producing turbidity that it is desired to use in nephelometric investigations, as to the stability of the suspension and the limits of concentration that may be employed, and of standardising each instrument with each suspension used. Some squared paper is interleaved in the volume, serving the useful purpose of supplying a convenient place for the preservation of necessary calibration curves of the nephelometer in use. A table of atomic weights later than 1925 is not included. The volume is to be welcomed as providing a comprehensive study of nephelometric methods and an outline of the technique for carrying out nephelometric research.
Photometric Chemical Analysis (Colorimetry and Nephelometry).
Prof.
John H.
Yoe
By. With Contributions to Vol. 2 by Dr. Hans Kleinmann. Vol. 2: Nephelometry. Pp. xvi + 337. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1929.) 22s. 6d. net.
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F., A. Photometric Chemical Analysis (Colorimetry and Nephelometry). Nature 124, 790 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124790a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124790a0