A standard reference for chemists for 70 years, this new Sixteenth Edition of Lange's Handbook of Chemistry features an enormous compilation of facts, data, tabular material, and experimental findings in every area of chemistry.

Included in this massive compendium are listings of the properties of approximately 4,400 organic and 1,400 inorganic compounds.

Lange's Handbook of Chemistry Sixteenth Edition offers 40 % new or extensively revised content and starting with this edition, the author includes equations that allow users to calculate important values such as temperature and pressure.

Contents

Inorganic Chemistry

1. Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds
2. Physical Properties of Inorganic Compounds
3. The Elements
4. Ionization Energy
5. Electronegativity
6. Electron Affinity
7. Bond Length and Strengths
8. Dipole Moments
9. Molecular Geometry
10. Nuclides
11. Vapor Pressure
12. Viscosity and Surface Tension
13. Thermal Conductivity
14. Critical Properties
15. Thermodynamic Functions (Change of State)
16. Activity Coefficients
17. Buffer Solutions
18. Solubility and Equilibrium Constants
19. Proton-Transfer Reactions
20. Formation Constants of Metal Complexes
21. Electrode Potentials
22. Conductance
23. Thermal Properties

Organic Chemistry

1. Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
2. Physical Properties of Organic Compounds
3. Viscosity and Surface Tension
4. Refraction and Refractive Index
5. Vapor Pressure and Boiling Points
6. Flammability Properties
7. Azeotropic Mixtures
8. Freezing Mixtures
9. Bond Lengths and Strengths
10. Dipole Moments and Dielectric Constants
11. Ionization Energy
12. Thermal Conductivity
13. Enthalpies and Gibbs Energies of Formation, Entropies, and Heat Capacities (Change of State)
14. Critical Properties
15. Equilibrium constants
16. Indicators
17. Electrode Potentials
18. Electrical Conductivity
19. Linear Free Energy Relationships
20. Polymers
21. Fats, Oils, and Waxes
22. Petroleum Products

Spectroscopy

1. Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy
2. Raman Spectroscopy
3. Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy
4. Fluorescence Spectroscopy
5. Flame Atomic Emission, Flame Atomic Absorption, Electrothermal (Furnace) Atomic Absorption, Argon Induction Coupled Plasma, and Plasma Atomic Fluorescence
6. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
7. Mass Spectrometry
8. X-Ray Methods

General Information and Conversion Tables

1. General Information
2. Physical Constants and Conversion Factors
3. Conversion of Thermometer Scales
4. Density and Specific Gravity
5. Barometry and Barometric Corrections
6. Viscosity
7. Physical Chemistry Equations for Gases
8. Cooling
9. Drying and Humidification
10. Molecular Weight
11. Separation Methods
12. Gravimetric Analysis
13. Volumetric Analysis
14. Sieves and Screens
15. Thermometry
16. Thermocouples

Index

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