McGraw-Hill dictionary of chemistry, 2nd ed.

Preface ................................................................................................................. v Staff ...................................................................................................................... vi How to Use the Dictionary ........................................................................... vii Fields and Their Scope .................................................................................. ix Pronunciation Key ............................................................................................ x A–Z Terms ................................................................................................... 1-414 Appendix .................................................................................................. 415-431 Equivalents of commonly used units for the U.S. Customary System and the metric system .................................... 417 Conversion factors for the U.S. Customary System, metric system, and International System ...................................... 418 Defining fixed points of the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) ....................................................................... 422 Primary thermometry methods ............................................................ 423 Periodic table ......................................................................................... 424 Electrochemical series of the elements ............................................. 425 Average electronegativities from the thermochemical data ............ 426 Standard atomic weights ...................................................................... 427 Principal organic functional groups .................................................... 429 Compounds containing functional groups ......................................... 430 Physical properties of some organic solvents ................................... 431 For more information about this title, click here.