| General description | This new edition keeps engineers, scientists, chemists, biochemists and students up-to-date with the processes for purification of the chemical reagents with which they work, and guides readers on critical safety and hazards for the safe handling of chemicals and processes. The 6th Edtion is updated and provides expanded coverage of the latest chemical products and processing techniques, safety and hazards. The book has been reorganized and is now fully indexed by CAS Registry Numbers. Compounds are now grouped to make navigation easier, and literature references for all substances and techniques have been added, and ambiguous alternate names and cross references have been removed. |