Containing a glossary of terms and charts and tables of chemical and physical data, this handbook presents data on physical and chemical constants of materials, properties of materials and fluids, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, molecular structure and physics, nuclear and particle physics, important mathematical information, and laboratory practice and safety. This new edition of the handbook features the first complete revision since 1994 of the most heavily used table in the book, Physical Constants of Organic Compounds. Cited in Books for College Libraries, third edition and the Guide to Reference Books. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc.