A Dictionary of Chemistry (Oxford Quick Reference) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192800310 ISBN 13: 9780192800312

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Fully revised for this third edition, with 1,000 new entries, The Dictionary of Chemistry covers all the commonly encountered terms in chemistry, including physical chemistry and biochemistry. The dictionary includes clear and concise coverage of laboratory techniques, chemical engineering, and environmental matters, new entries on buckminsterfullerene, fullerite, quasicrystal, oscillating reaction, and one-pot synthesis, and a full alphabetical table of elements and their properties. Authoritative and up to date, this is the perfect reference book for students of chemistry and general readers interested in the chemical nature of our physical surroundings.

About this title

About the Author:

About the Editor:
John Daintith is Reference editor at Market House Books.

Review:

"An old favorite. It should be in every classroom and library....The reader is drawn inevitably from one entry to the next merely to satisfy curiosity."--School Science Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0192800310
• ISBN 13: 9780192800312
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 544
• Editor: Daintith John