Walther Adolf Roth
Published: 2015-07-03
Total Pages: 212
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Excerpt from Exercises in Physical Chemistry It may seem questionable whether there is any necessity for a new book on Practical Physical Chemistry, in view of the well-known books of Kohlrausch, Ostwald-Luther, and Wiedemann-Ebert. Nevertheless, my own teaching experience and those of my colleagues have proved to me that these books, though good in themselves, contain either too much, or too little, for the beginner. Consequently in this little book I have tried to provide something for the elementary student who is commencing to study the subject, for that purpose assuming as little previous knowledge as possible. I have tried to connect the training in experimental method with the theoretical conclusions derived from the results, and further to train the student to deduce his results correctly, and to comprehend the inner relationships between the data obtained from entirely different experiments. This explains the reason that certain standard substances (as sodium chloride, silver nitrate, silver chloride, chloroform, and benzene) are suggested for use in exercises on quite independent work. I have laid special stress on the practical application of physical-chemical methods in quantitative analysis, and in the determination of the constitution of compounds. I have, however, not treated of electrolysis and spectrum analysis, since the student is supposed to be acquainted with these subjects from the course of analytical chemistry. The book is in great part based on the Kleine Practikum of physical chemistry, which was arranged by Professor Nernst, in Gottingen and Berlin Universities, and which I had to conduct in Berlin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.